I see these wonky pseudo-threats around the site a lot and they’re really confusing to me.
FWIW, I mostly understand them to be attempts at manipulating listeners into avoiding a particular behavior by associating that behavior with a low-status condition, coupled with the belief that on LW being biased is seen as a low-status condition.
But hopefully most LWers don’t go around thinking being biased in any way is awful and they must be completely unbiased at all times. Right? So I’m not sure where the manipulative people pick up that idea. I definitely think we should minimize bias when making important decisions, but when deciding what posts to read/reply to? I will proudly use a shortcut!
FWIW, I mostly understand them to be attempts at manipulating listeners into avoiding a particular behavior by associating that behavior with a low-status condition, coupled with the belief that on LW being biased is seen as a low-status condition.
But hopefully most LWers don’t go around thinking being biased in any way is awful and they must be completely unbiased at all times. Right? So I’m not sure where the manipulative people pick up that idea. I definitely think we should minimize bias when making important decisions, but when deciding what posts to read/reply to? I will proudly use a shortcut!