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I didn't even remember making it. For the record, I had no idea it was a Turkish nationalist symbol - I had vaguely thought it was some kind of cute devil, rock n roll thing. I love making hand signals, so would have just made it to play along. Who knew that I was actually secretly an Erdogan...

IN response 1) thanks - the letter is a very strange business: no one is quite sure who wrote it, both those who want to agree with it (thanks guys!) and those who clearly know it's beyond insane. Some people - artist Luke Turner, for example - have linked to it as if it were real, but he has a...

I've read them too. I am not suggesting he is calling me a fascist, for goodness sake. I'm simply saying that if you say that anyone saying they are 'beyond left or right' inevitably swigs right, then it implies the only other option is to remain on the 'left' with all the paranoids, the...

So no escape from politics ever, anywhere, and we just have to accept beng called fascists all the time by randoms. I'm out.

Justin is staying there before he and his wife go back to the States. Daniel was invited to be on Justin's livestream. I don't have any say over what either of them wish to discuss, but it was clear Justin was saying exit on the left was possible and Daniel was more skeptical perhaps, proposing...

Sigh I have no reason to doubt that 'open letter' about me was written in earnest to be honest. There are people who have written about me before like that, again with no proof of anything bad or 'cancel-worthy' I am supposed to have said or done. There is no need for such elaborate parodies...

Hello Luke! Not merely a cameo I hope, though I was busy giving a talk on women and AI yesterday and now on the train to Brussels to give two talks today, so I suppose that might be described as dashing heh heh, or perhaps just overwork hmm...I agree re Dissensus and respect/lack of...

It's good to be back - I have forgotten my 'Infinite Thought' login, but did come back here briefly after Mark's death. I've seen a few Dissensus people in person over the last few years, which has always been great. I can't remember why I stopped writing here in the first place - maybe some...

I must confess I am not even sure it is a good tactic to punch people like Spencer. Its hard to see its political efficacy behind its spectacular effects. I think standing one's ground is very different from actively deciding who is a 'fascist' and smacking them on camera, or whatever. A woman...

But there's a problem when the word 'fascist' just gets chucked at anyone and everything for minor disagreements/even the desire to discuss something. Coupled with the 'punch a Nazi' logic it means that someone who was a 'comrade' yesterday is fair game for violence today. Who are the people...

I am not sure there is that much discussion allowed - I said very little in public: one facebook post that tried to take a middle-line onthe question of rights, definitions, women's history etc. but that was enough to get me accused of being a Nazi and have people who I regarded as friends...

Hey John! I admit the magic discussion was a bit unfair - I actually have far more interesting things to say on the topic, I promise :)

Hi all - interesting to read through this thread. I agree with vimothy's diagnosis. What strikes me as extraordinary in terms of how the contemporary 'left' operate is its relentlessly authoritarian nature, its unwilingness to discuss topics of concern to everyone, its division of people into...

For the record, it wasn't my laptop, but belonged to Sonic Acts. I guess they covered up the logo for copyright reasons for the videos. I don't imagine that putting a sticker over logo is an act of anything, as it goes...:)