Eugine_Nier comments on The Illusion of Sameness - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Elizabeth 22 January 2011 06:41AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 January 2011 01:52:30AM 3 points [-]

Do you think the OP is misrepresenting the republicans, or is it something else?

Well, given that 'conspiracy theory' is a phrase that is much more commonly applied to one's opponents' ideas to discredit them then to one's own, I strongly suspect 'conspiracy' is the OP's word and not the Republicans'.

Comment author: Emile 26 January 2011 12:45:19PM 2 points [-]

Good point, I haden't paid much attention to that, but "conspiracy" is used much more often to describe "beliefs of one's opponents" than one's own beliefs. What other words are in that category? "hate", probably.