[kristianc]

> Operate from a position of excruciating reasonableness. Put a firewall between your beliefs and your words. Approach sensitive topics delicately and obliquely. Acknowledge both "sides" of the debate in a patient and compassionate manner, whilst also signalling that you clearly recognise the edges of the Overton window.

This is probably somewhere where the left could take lessons from rationalist YouTube. Many of the arguments are presented in this way, always taking pains to express their logical credentials and remaining reasonable. Of course the evidence is heavily selected, but that is not mentioned. Then, when 'progressives' shout at them, it is progressives who seem shrill and absurd.

[fao_]

That... that's really not the case for most of "rationalist" youtube. Examples of rebuttals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmM872874A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc24YtUslCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYQo6LI3Y7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpgBkpb7xlU

[leereeves]

All five of those videos are from one person. How is that "most of rationalist youtube"?

[fao_]

He critiques a fair chunk of rationalist youtube.

[leereeves]

Is Sargon of Akkad "rationalist" youtube?

[fao_]

""I'm for finding the truth of the matter using rational arguments backed up by evidence. I do my own research and I try to be thorough.""

He seems to be fairly big in the ""rationalist"" crowd.

[leereeves]

"Rationalist" youtube is a term I hadn't heard before.

I'd never even heard of The Golden One or Thunderf00t but that youtuber spends a lot of time responding to them.

[maxerickson]

What's a logical credential?