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1. cle+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-01-13 18:37:57
I can't help but wonder if this is intentionally ironic.

(From TFA: "There's a certain kind of person who's attracted to a shallow, exacting kind of moral purity, and who demonstrates his purity by attacking anyone who breaks the rules.")

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2. malcol+92[view] [source] 2025-01-13 18:46:58
>>cle+(OP)
I think it’s intentional and ironic. But I don’t think PG realizes what he did. I throughly believe he’s in the space of “I can do it because i am morally superior. But other folks can’t because they don’t get it like I do.” I get this feeling from reading not just this, but his other essays too.
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3. chen_d+i3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-13 18:53:15
>>malcol+92
Not sure about 'I can do it because I am morally superior'. Is it required to be morally superior to have an opposing view?

> other folks can't because they don't get it like I do

His point of view undoubtedly resonates with 'some folks'.

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4. rad_gr+45[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-13 19:00:18
>>malcol+92
> I can do it because i am morally superior. But other folks can’t because they don’t get it like I do.

I think it’s more of “I can do it because I can afford it. But other folks can’t because they need their job (or something similar).”

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5. things+N7[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-13 19:10:53
>>malcol+92
@malcomgreaves I'm not sure you caught the intended target of @cle's comment. I believe he was talking about your comment being the thing he thought may be intentionally ironic, not PG's essay.

One of the main points in the essay: "The problem with political correctness was not that it focused on marginalized groups, but the shallow, aggressive way in which it did so"

And your comment is a classic example of that behavior.

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