Effective Altruists: look, we *tried* to invite nice people as well as the huge racists we knew were huge racists when we invited them. What? Exclude the racists? But they're so *interesting!* - eviltoast
Why so many “racists” at Manifest? — EA Forum
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  • aio@awful.systemsEnglish
    47·
    5 months ago

    I don’t want to come and help “balance out” someone who thinks that using they/them pronouns is worse than committing genocide.

    Does anyone really think this, or are you just using hyperbole?

    Not hyperbole. Hanania, Manifest promoted speaker, wrote “Why Do I Hate Pronouns More Than Genocide?” in May 2022.

    I just can’t, it’s like that one scene from Austin Powers.

    • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
      23·
      5 months ago

      And the comment was edited to add:

      (sorry this was a bad example as discussed in the comments so I’ll stick with the pretty clear “has stated that black people are animals who need to be surveilled in mass to reduce crime”)

      Which is the second or third time in this saga I’ve seen people back down from good points due to bad replies. Like someone needs to tell him he’s in the wrong crowd and this isn’t normal.