This person actually states that he cannot accept any perceived challenge to their preferred theories.
The “preferred theory” in question is that they are of value as a human, and that they have considerable experience of being treated as not of value as a human, up to and including violence. As preferred theories go, this strikes me as not being an unreasonable one to hold.
If this is what he means by that, then his argument clearly rests on the assumption that the rationalist/LW community actively dehumanizes people like him. This seems so clearly baseless to me that it actually makes for an even less charitable description of his views.
The “preferred theory” in question is that they are of value as a human, and that they have considerable experience of being treated as not of value as a human, up to and including violence. As preferred theories go, this strikes me as not being an unreasonable one to hold.
If this is what he means by that, then his argument clearly rests on the assumption that the rationalist/LW community actively dehumanizes people like him. This seems so clearly baseless to me that it actually makes for an even less charitable description of his views.
Her. But never mind, I’m sure it’ll all be fine.
If I have no value as a human, I desire to believe I have no value as a human.
Would that desire be enough to qualify you as a human?