"Rationalists are quokkas" but LessWrong has been a place where people talk about actual ideas and not about whom to kick out over politics for 14 years while subreddits and Clubhouses and Parlers irreversibly succumb to one side of the culture wars or the other within months.
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Now the person who wrote "rats are quokkas" is mad that
@eigenrobot enforces his civility norms on both sides and not just the "bad" tribe, and explicitly talks about pushing Eigen to the right politically. Does he really think we're quokka enough to fall for this shit?6 replies 0 retweets 84 likesShow this thread -
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Replying to @ollyrobot @eigenrobot
People have forever been trying the trick of "you call yourselves open-minded rationalists but you're actually just scared to engage with the mighty arguments that would immediately convert you to my ideology". We're pretty much immune to this by now.
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Replying to @yashkaf @eigenrobot
ok but are you immune to the "civility is so important you /have/ to tolerate me calling for your friends death or ostracization for their sexuality or gender identity and if you don't admonish them for attacking me you're bowing to leftist agendas"?
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The civility norms don’t say “you have to tolerate ppl calling for your death.” They say, “nobody may call for others’ deaths here.” It’s your right to avoid people who quietly hold terrible beliefs. Equally others should be able to say, “no, let’s argue with them instead”
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please untag me from this
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fair, apologies
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