"I Tell Myself" 7 December drafting session 1: blegg networks

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@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ From my perspective, Professor, I'm just doing what you taught me (carve reality
 
 I _have_ to keep escalating, because I don't have a choice
 
-I'm trying to keep the rheotrical emphasis on "tale of personal heartbreak, plus careful analysis of the sociopolitical causes of said heartbreak" rather than "attacking my friends and heros"
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 It shouldn't be a political demand; people should actually process my arguments because they're good arguments
 
 "Actually, we're Ashkenazi supremacists" 
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 Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
 
 Heinlein
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+https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1096769579362115584
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+> When an epistemic hero seems to believe something crazy, you are often better off questioning "seems to believe" before questioning "crazy", and both should be questioned before shaking your head sadly about the mortal frailty of your heroes.