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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it strikes me that there's quite a similarity in how the lesswrongs have this continuous drive for so-called "secret knowledge" to how others are about sacred geometry and "hidden universe secrets". anyone else pick up on something like that?

[–] self@awful.systems 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think of it as an evolved version of what a lot of the new age cults did with quantum woo — it’s a thin veneer of knowledge designed to trick folks who think they’re too smart for religion into a religious mindset. the Rationalist version of the veneer is particularly thick, but the end goal is the same: Magic is Real and You Can Be The Gandalf

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 8 months ago

alright so definitely not an isolated observation :) and yeah that's well put