Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
by MyHypatia on Friday November 08, 2019 @03:01PM
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So he keeps a list of the "dumb stuff" he has said... and yet continues to make disingenuous and provocative statements to rile people up and then make a big show of people getting riled up. There are conservative commentators, writers, and philosophers who offer genuine dialogue and substance. Yet, Ben Shapiro is lauded by the right as a thought leader for inciting outrage, and profiting from outrage. It seems to me that the problem is that we hear mostly from vacuous outrage inciters. The irony of Ben Shapiro is that he deliberately provokes emotional reactions, and then with a straight face claims that he reveres facts above all else. Spare me the bullshit.
The “Enemy Civilian Casualties” Column. In this column, written when I was 18, I suggested that civilian casualties in war were of no concern. While the larger point of the piece — that we must calculate the risk to American service members when we design rules of engagement — is partially correct, the piece is expressed in the worst possible way, and simplifies the issue beyond the bounds of morality (particularly by doubting the civilian status of some civilians). It’s just a bad piece, plain and simple, and something I wish I’d never written. It’s also good evidence that a lot of the stuff you think is smart at 18 is just you being an idiot at 18.