I don't really have the patience to read Scott Alexander. Yes, some ideas are complex and need a lot of time to explain completely (Moldbug, for example). But Alexander is one of those guys who never says in 1000 words what he could say in 5000. Yeah, okay, we get it, SJWs are intolerant witch-burners. Welcome to the party, Scott. The real problem with him is that he *ever* thought that the left genuinely cared about free speech or opposed witch hunting, instead of just being against it when someone's doing it to them, but not the other way around. Alexander isn't a genius for figuring out that the left never meant any of that shit, he's a dunce for ever having thought that they did in the first place. So I glanced at this post but didn't finish it. Let me guess - he thinks that once he calmly explains to the left that they really aren't following their own stated principles, that they'll come to their senses, reform, and behave in an honorable, principled manner, right? Well, I got this bridge in Brooklyn that I want to talk to him about buying...