Well-Kept Gardens Die by Pacifism (2009)
So this is a bit in conflict with a Scott Alexander piece that has been upvoted here on several occasions:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;30&#x2F;i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;30&#x2F;i-can-tolerate-anything...</a><p>The idea that censorship and norms are useful isn&#x27;t novel. In general, American society is well beyond that, with censorship and stigmatization levels reaching a new high, a recent example being the public shaming of political figures associated with the NRA. But more broadly, pro-Trump and anti-Trump people have been very busy finding virtue signals to use to categorize people into one of the camps.<p>As someone with major objections to both camps, I find the whole process perplexing and frustrating.<p>But there <i>are</i> valid uses of these mechanisms. I think, when the evidence is there, the recent expulsion of sexual abusers out of positions of power and privilege are generally on the right track.<p>How do we combine the concerns? How do we expel and exclude people in a healthy way? It seems to me that America, at least, is not very good at this at the moment. Important things like improving the mental healthcare system in the U.S. really hinge on the answers to these questions.