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Let's assume everyone on this list is indeed here out of sincere and disinterested belief (I wouldn't underestimate peer pressure, or even more cynically : the subtle but real career brownie points one can earn at some organizations, for openly displaying one's allegiance to social justice causes)

But then how does being a "bright professional and integral FP community member" equate to undisputable authority on a completely unrelated moral topic ?

"Bright professionals" doesn't necessarily imply "thought leaders that have given this particular issue more careful consideration than anybody else". Heck, it doesn't even necessarily imply "good people".

This is the very fallacy Yarvin describes as "IQism" here : https://medium.com/@curtis.yarvin/why-you-should-come-to-lam...

I knew nothing about him or this controversy until know, but approaching it with an open mind I found the above clarification quite sincere, and way more articulated than that 3 paragraphs long open letter that features all of the familiar, easy rhetoric...