I don’t have any object level comments on this post (seems well reasoned to me and to make a reasonable point about the minds and the reasoning of the two people and their comments considered), but to me this looks like the kind of discussion of politics that is appropriate for LW (and since it’s on the Frontpage I take it the mods agree): considers politics as a ground in which to analyze a phenomena where people are motivated in ways that can make distinctions sharp such that we can easily analyze them while avoiding saying anything about the object-level political conclusions.
I don’t have any object level comments on this post (seems well reasoned to me and to make a reasonable point about the minds and the reasoning of the two people and their comments considered), but to me this looks like the kind of discussion of politics that is appropriate for LW (and since it’s on the Frontpage I take it the mods agree): considers politics as a ground in which to analyze a phenomena where people are motivated in ways that can make distinctions sharp such that we can easily analyze them while avoiding saying anything about the object-level political conclusions.