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The UHC CEO murder has made me feel like I'm surrounded by bad people. I get the sense that "the UHC CEO assassination was good" is the default leftist stance.

It seems so absurd to me. They agree that people are innocent til proven guilty, but they're happy for CEOs to get executed based on a really flimsy understanding of their behavior.

Someone who runs prominent events I enjoy posted something that was (IMO) kind of misguided and cruel. I used to think "maybe these people would hate me if they knew my views" -- now I'm thinking "maybe *I* can't accept *them*."

Hank Green expressed sympathy... for the murderer.

This is such hatred. Bigotry feels like an understatement.

I just ordered some colorful genderqueer clothing from an indie brand. Do they support the assassination? I want to pick up fresh local bread from Berkeley Bowl. What about them? Am I supporting bigots? I wish it were practical to get away from this.

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Ben Millwood
Ben Millwood
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FWIW I think this feels to me like the kind of thing where one viewpoint has asserted itself in such a way where disagreement feels risky / unpleasant, which means that "ordinary" people are probably more moderate than it sounds. But maybe this is just wishful thinking on my part.
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kip
kip
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I think this is true. But in my case, I live in Berkeley, where non-rationalists are often extremely leftist 🥲 So I think the rates of CEO-murder-support here are probably worse than average
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Daniel Ziegler
Daniel Ziegler
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Oh thanks, that set of poll results is actually mildly relieving
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kip
kip
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oh good. to be clear I didn't mean to imply "look how bad things are!" -- more like "here's some actual data; yeah things aren't extremely bad"
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Ben Millwood
Ben Millwood
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I posted about this on Facebook: facebook.com/share/p/Yg3bYqU18… (I think it would be more preaching to the choir here)
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