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Re:I Met Paul Graham Once by nradov on Monday January 20, 2025 @07:13PM (#42774750)
The real trouble starts when regular people allow the "purity test" type people to have any sort of power or influence instead of laughing and ignoring them like we should. This can result in a destructive purity spiral, even over seemingly trivial issues.

https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a...

Re:I Met Paul Graham Once by davidw on Monday January 20, 2025 @07:32PM (#42774877)
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the US government coming after people because of who they are is a lot more worrying than some knitters in terms of "people getting access to power".