From what I can tell the point is sometimes to discredit and warn people who someone thinks are straying close to topics that the someone doesn’t like. Bleh, too tired for clear grammar. Anyway. If so, this is incredibly dangerous; it can easily provoke escalation.
Could this be a quiet way for people to express ideological tribalism that is suppressed by the “no mind killers” taboo (which I find one of the most refreshing things about LW)? The hypothetical LWer or random reader enraged enough to register, see something that isn’t politics but in their mind (perhaps mistakenly) clearly attacks some tribal attire they are attached to, so that this is therefore clearly wrong and that it is incredible no one is calling this guy out, and guess it falls to him to fix this clear bias by taking a sledge hammer at some of the comment’s author’s other writings. This is indeed dangerous, since if a fraction of people think others are employing such tactics they may start their own campaigns to try and “balance” this.
Do you have any idea of what these topics could be? The one or two times I’ve had this happen I haven’t been too sure about the triggers. If you think you have a good idea, but don’t wish to inflame the situation by paining a bullseye on anyone please PM me.
Could this be a quiet way for people to express ideological tribalism that is suppressed by the “no mind killers” taboo (which I find one of the most refreshing things about LW)? The hypothetical LWer or random reader enraged enough to register, see something that isn’t politics but in their mind (perhaps mistakenly) clearly attacks some tribal attire they are attached to, so that this is therefore clearly wrong and that it is incredible no one is calling this guy out, and guess it falls to him to fix this clear bias by taking a sledge hammer at some of the comment’s author’s other writings. This is indeed dangerous, since if a fraction of people think others are employing such tactics they may start their own campaigns to try and “balance” this.
Do you have any idea of what these topics could be? The one or two times I’ve had this happen I haven’t been too sure about the triggers. If you think you have a good idea, but don’t wish to inflame the situation by paining a bullseye on anyone please PM me.
Eh, is that directed at me?
No no! Sorry, ’twas directed at humans in general. I’m sort of scatter-brained at the moment. My apologies.