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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by profgerm on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:37PM (#23787897)
One belongs to the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912, and the other to 1897 [1].

It’s the narcissism of small differences, and the treatment of heretics versus pagans.

They- the NYT and SSC- do have, probably, 99% overlap politically, but that’s not too far off from the difference between humans and chimps either. It’s that last 1% that really generates a lot of friction between them.

As the article says, Scott would tolerate conversations with vile people and egregious ideas. The NYT would rather dox them.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/29/comedy.religio...

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by DubiousPusher on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:43PM (#23803447)
As a lapsed Baptist and former theology student this has been a favorite joke of mine for years. It has even been a great proverb for demonstrating to friends not familiar with church history the banal origins of the many schisms that has spanned the tree of Christianity. I had no idea it had such a recent or conspicuous origin. Thanks for sharing.
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