Are the downvotes for the weasel reasoning around “politicization”, or for incorrectly asserting that LW is at risk of being tarred with “alt-right”, or for overestimating the harmfulness is being tarred with “alt-right”, or something I haven’t thought of? I am trying to see where the disagreement is, but I only see mutual misunderstanding.
In a nutshell, where’s the disagreement? What specific things do you think I am incorrect about? I would like to engage with your beliefs but I don’t know where they differ from mine.
I think panicky preemptive denials of being alt-right are much more likely to associate us with them than the odd comment using the term “NPC,” and furthermore, I think truthseeking is already more than impossible enough without constantly taking your eyes off the ball to worry about what various political factions will think. If you’re that worried about people thinking you’re alt-right, I’d suggest commenting under a single-use pseudonym.
You’ve still misunderstood. I’m worried about LW being associated with the alt-right because of the terminological overlap. I’m not concerned about being personally tarred with that.
I agree that this might be something that is counterproductive and itself harmful to discuss, though. And since it seems that people are aware and thinking about this, I don’t have much of a reason to ring the alarm bell anymore. I won’t continue this or bring it up elsewhere in public comments.
I have a bunch of thoughts, but don’t currently have the time to write them down. Just letting you know that I am planning to write a comment about this sometime in the next few days (and feel free to ping me if I don’t).
Are the downvotes for the weasel reasoning around “politicization”, or for incorrectly asserting that LW is at risk of being tarred with “alt-right”, or for overestimating the harmfulness is being tarred with “alt-right”, or something I haven’t thought of? I am trying to see where the disagreement is, but I only see mutual misunderstanding.
In a nutshell, where’s the disagreement? What specific things do you think I am incorrect about? I would like to engage with your beliefs but I don’t know where they differ from mine.
I think panicky preemptive denials of being alt-right are much more likely to associate us with them than the odd comment using the term “NPC,” and furthermore, I think truthseeking is already more than impossible enough without constantly taking your eyes off the ball to worry about what various political factions will think. If you’re that worried about people thinking you’re alt-right, I’d suggest commenting under a single-use pseudonym.
You’ve still misunderstood. I’m worried about LW being associated with the alt-right because of the terminological overlap. I’m not concerned about being personally tarred with that.
I agree that this might be something that is counterproductive and itself harmful to discuss, though. And since it seems that people are aware and thinking about this, I don’t have much of a reason to ring the alarm bell anymore. I won’t continue this or bring it up elsewhere in public comments.
I have a bunch of thoughts, but don’t currently have the time to write them down. Just letting you know that I am planning to write a comment about this sometime in the next few days (and feel free to ping me if I don’t).