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

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 25 December 2010 07:12:04AM 2 points [-]

The explanation: you seem to be assuming that consuming meat is on the order of wrongness of racism or sexism.

I'm assuming no such thing; I'm simply providing a counterexample to Eliezer's claim that any "comment of the general form 'Oh, how can you claim to be 'less wrong' and yet do X, which is wrong?' [...] will automatically get downvoted to oblivion."

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 25 December 2010 07:57:39AM *  2 points [-]

The comment basically said "quibbling about the site name is annoying rhetoric, please don't use it when arguing your point". I don't think it took a stance on your actual argument, and you seem to be responding to it as if it did.