MBlume comments on Our society lacks good self-preservation mechanisms - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MBlume 14 July 2009 12:28:13AM 4 points [-]

To whoever voted this comment down: did your brain provide a particular reason that it was unnecessary to worry about catholics taking over the world by having babies, or did it just output a feeling that it was somehow wrong -- maybe even racist -- to worry about such things?

Comment author: Alicorn 14 July 2009 12:48:07AM 1 point [-]

(Not the downvoter.) Racist? Catholics are not a race.

Comment author: Furcas 14 July 2009 12:56:21AM 3 points [-]

Some minds tend to jump to the "Racist!" accusation every time they hear a disparaging comment about a group of people, regardless of what those people have in common.

Comment author: MBlume 14 July 2009 12:54:31AM *  2 points [-]

I wasn't implying that it was a sensible feeling -- I was just describing a sort of internal flinch.

ETA: Here in California, it is to some extent a race issue. We have a large and growing Hispanic population, who are very strongly catholic. If that population continues to grow, without moderation of their religious leanings, it could significantly impact the politics of the state.

Comment author: orthonormal 14 July 2009 01:18:45AM 1 point [-]

The very fact that you're denying that it's racist is EVEN MORE RACIST!

P.S. I make no apologies for my recent trend in comment quality...