Comment by gk1
4 days ago
Props to the team not only for changing their minds from a strongly-held belief but making it very public and not hiding the fact that it's a reversal.
The linked post from Armin is gold:
"... whenever you are confronted with a very strong opinion about a topic, reasonable discussions about the topic often involve arguments that have long become outdated or are no longer strictly relevant to the conversation."
(https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/11/5/be-careful-about-what-you...)
And that's from 2016! These days if you're arguing from a position you took even a week ago, you already might be out of sync.
> These days if you're arguing from a position you took even a week ago, you already might be out of sync.
"Might be out of sync" is a unique spelling of "crucified online". :-D
> "... whenever you are confronted with a very strong opinion about a topic, reasonable discussions about the topic often involve arguments that have long become outdated or are no longer strictly relevant to the conversation."
Thats my observation when people retort “whataboutism” in usually a geopolitical context
Its not ever clear to me that people are aware that their own country or a place they respect engages in the same practice as the place they are denigrating
Like, sure I would like both places to fix their problem but dont you have better things to do like fix your own?