… in at least some ways, it’s important to have Quirrells and Lucius Malfoys around on the side of LW’s culture, and not just David Monroes and Dumbledores.
This is an interesting point—and, ISTM, a reason not to be too demanding about people coming to LW itself with a purely “good faith” attitude! To some extent, “bad faith” and even fights for dominance just come with the territory of Hobbesian social and political struggle—and if you care about “hav[ing] Quirrells and Lucius Malfoys” on our side, you’re clearly making a point about politics as well, at least in the very broadest sense.
This is an interesting point—and, ISTM, a reason not to be too demanding about people coming to LW itself with a purely “good faith” attitude! To some extent, “bad faith” and even fights for dominance just come with the territory of Hobbesian social and political struggle—and if you care about “hav[ing] Quirrells and Lucius Malfoys” on our side, you’re clearly making a point about politics as well, at least in the very broadest sense.