jimrandomh comments on Newtonmas Meetup, 12/25/2010 - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Kevin 22 December 2010 06:27AM

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 23 December 2010 05:30:55PM *  1 point [-]

I find it rather disheartening that my comment received five downvotes in less than an hour. Perhaps it was badly received because it came across as rude to many people. If so, let me be clear that I didn't mean to criticize LW as such, but instead to point out that even a community built around the goal of overcoming bias--and composed of members unusually smart and truth-oriented--can be quite blatantly biased towards certain classes of beings. Given that even very honest and able people have exhibited similar biases in the past (men against women; slave owners against slaves), one would expect lesswrongers not to dismiss such criticisms so quickly.

I would appreciate it if those who still believe that my comment is worthy of downvoting could add a brief comment explaining why this is so. Thanks.

Comment author: jimrandomh 23 December 2010 06:03:45PM *  16 points [-]

If you wish to raise the moral considerations of eating meat as a topic, then do so (a) directly, (b) with a minimum of hostile social signals, and (c) in a new post. The impression I get from your comment is that it was optimized to maximize perceived hostility. It is also off-topic.