Blogger accuses counterpart of outright lying about his EA beliefs after digging through tweet history
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-16
jdpressman says reviewing the person's tweet history forced him to conclude the framing of his beliefs is "not disingenuous — just lying." Context: Rutger Bregman's quoted take that EA at its best resembles 18th-century Quakers — very weird, but right on fundamental issues.
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