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No one is allowing or disallowing anything. Commenting on discourse is part of discourse.

If you're so thin-skinned that you think all criticism is an attempt at censorship, then perhaps the internet is not a safe space for you.



Maybe he should have said, "I encourage readers to skip any interview that discusses views not listed on this 3x5 card"


Yes. And while that's a much more reasonable interpretation of what I said, it's still not reasonable. Beware of people who can't make a point without using both sarcasm and a ridiculous straw-man version of whatever offends them.

No one is saying, "Subscribe to only this small subset of opinions on [insert massive topic]." There are lots of interesting contrarians in macroeconomic theory.

What I'm actually saying is, "It's better not to waste time on the opinions of people with an explicit agenda, a poor understanding of the subject, and many beliefs that are easily refuted."

But if someone has time to spare, then by all means, go for it.




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