Our disagreement (or possibly my misreading of your position) lies in scope/the definition of discussion. I think that you’re objecting to shminux and Kawoomba discussing the topic of true and/or rationality arrived at propositions that are likely to offend some people (or perhaps just that shminux gave an object level example rather than sticking to the meta-level), but are not suggesting that we shouldn’t discuss gender politics on LW. While I can kinda see the object vs. meta concern I think that the topic is something that should be allowed, even encouraged if we’re going to talk gender at all (for reference I’m unsure wether or not we should be having the general gender discussion on LW).
I’m not objecting to them discussing the topic, I’m pointing out the (weak) signaling implications of them discussing the topic. Policy debates should not appear one-sided and so forth.
I also think this. What did you think I was suggesting instead?
Our disagreement (or possibly my misreading of your position) lies in scope/the definition of discussion. I think that you’re objecting to shminux and Kawoomba discussing the topic of true and/or rationality arrived at propositions that are likely to offend some people (or perhaps just that shminux gave an object level example rather than sticking to the meta-level), but are not suggesting that we shouldn’t discuss gender politics on LW. While I can kinda see the object vs. meta concern I think that the topic is something that should be allowed, even encouraged if we’re going to talk gender at all (for reference I’m unsure wether or not we should be having the general gender discussion on LW).
Edit forgot to add link.
I’m not objecting to them discussing the topic, I’m pointing out the (weak) signaling implications of them discussing the topic. Policy debates should not appear one-sided and so forth.
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is what made it sound like an objection.