“Responses to Manifest are not about Manifest” by timunderwood

This is obvious in one way, but I think forgotten in a lot of the details about these arguments: People do not actually care very much about whether Manifest invited Hanania, they care about the broader trend. And what I mean by that is specifically that the group that argues that people like Hanania should not be invited to events like Manifest are scared of things like: They care about whether minorities are being excluded and made unwelcome in EA spaces. They care about an identity they view as very important being connected to racists More broadly, they are ultimately scared about the world returning to the sort of racism that led to the Holocaust, to segregation, and they are scared that if they do not act now, to stop this they will be part of maintaining the current system of discrimination and racial injustice. They feel like [...] --- First published: June 25th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/da9NGT7x4iRq78ysp/responses-to-manifest-are-not-about-manifest --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.