[FRIAM] drive-by criticism

[Marcus Daniels]

I'd say there are intermediate options between words and bullets.   Once it is clear what they are up to, put lawyers on it.  Make their lives as hard as possible.  Create multi-level legal and policy barriers that are as hard as possible to navigate.   Don't engage in good faith.  Engage like an intelligence field agent.

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 8:37 AM
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Subject: [FRIAM] drive-by criticism

Don't be a Drive-By Critic: The Ethics of Public Disagreement https://www.nathannobis.com/2025/08/responding-to-drive-by-critics.html

IDK. The one thing I don't hear, here, is when you're reacting to a Bad Faith actor or argument. It reminds me of Fridman's civility porn. Do you engage Nazis in Good Faith? Really listen to their grievances and try to compromise ... maybe we can all be a little more Nazi? Why can't we all just get along? Love each other and give the scorpion a ride when he asks?

Or, do we simply not engage with the Nazis? ... starve the troll? How's that working out for us so far? Negative speech is best countered by more positive speech? Really? I don't think that's working in our hyperreal times.

No. Sometimes a document, whole corpus, person, or community need(s) a drive-by, preferably a layered one with humor or irony at some level to help it stick to the witnesses' ribs. As long as it's words and not bullets, I guess.

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