”Provocative” is like “intellectual.” If other people use it to describe you, maybe you are. If you use it to describe yourself, you’re more likely just an asshole.
/2 2 Also: one virtue of the Epstein files is that they provide a lot of primary evidence: actual direct written communications between individuals and Epstein. People’s own emails — what they say in writing — are the opposite of smears or rumors. They are compelling evidence.
/3 So: if we are going to have moral debates about socializing with convicted child rapists, the best form of the debate would be “here’s exactly what they say to the child rapist, in writing, unguarded,” and the worst would be “I hear they socialized and are friends.”
Feb 4, 2026 19:45/4 I continue to think that the constant theme is elite pundits being hostile to trends or discussions that criticize or hold accountable other elites.
