The LWers who talk politics are an insignificant proportion of the community.
Yes but I wasn’t saying they where a large fraction of the community.Recall what started this branch of the debate. I was implying they aren’t shunned, and they get quite a bit of karma since they often do a good job of arguing about their positions. Other LessWrongers aren’t short circuited by their arguments and hold them to fair rationalist standards. Which is what I would wish we could do on most mindkilling topics.
Yes but I wasn’t saying they where a large fraction of the community. Recall what started this branch of the debate. I was implying they aren’t shunned, and they get quite a bit of karma since they often do a good job of arguing about their positions. Other LessWrongers aren’t short circuited by their arguments and hold them to fair rationalist standards. Which is what I would wish we could do on most mindkilling topics.