I think the proper way for the LessWrong community to react on this situation would be to have a discussion first, and the petition optionally later. This is not the kind of situation where delaying our response by a few days would be fatal.
If someone writes a petition alone and then shares it on LessWrong, that gives the rest of us essentially two options: (a) upvote the post, and have LessWrong associated with a petition whose text we could not influence, or (b) downvote the post. Note that if we downvote the post, we still have the option to discuss the topic, and optionally make a new petition later.
But yes, it is a scissor statement. My own opinion on it would be a coinflip.
Which is why I would prefer to have a discussion first, and then have a version that I could unambiguously support.
I think the proper way for the LessWrong community to react on this situation would be to have a discussion first, and the petition optionally later. This is not the kind of situation where delaying our response by a few days would be fatal.
If someone writes a petition alone and then shares it on LessWrong, that gives the rest of us essentially two options: (a) upvote the post, and have LessWrong associated with a petition whose text we could not influence, or (b) downvote the post. Note that if we downvote the post, we still have the option to discuss the topic, and optionally make a new petition later.
But yes, it is a scissor statement. My own opinion on it would be a coinflip.
Which is why I would prefer to have a discussion first, and then have a version that I could unambiguously support.