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"even venues like LW are appalled at the idea that these aspects of human life -- which are in our society treated with an extreme level of both idealization and ideologization -- can be analyzed in such an undignified and desecrating but nevertheless correct way."
which begs the question: what is LW for if not for being rational and confronting the truth?
Do you mean "raises the question?"
Actually, the quote does beg the question... the connotations of "even" presuppose certain answers to the question of what venues like LW are for.
You are right. It's strange to see "begs the question" used properly for a change, I couldn't puzzle it out when I read it before.
(nods) I know what you mean: I would have quietly assumed it was a misuse as well if you hadn't raised the question and made me consider it explicitly; I was surprised to realize that it needn't be.
What struck me was that it presupposed a level of "idealization and ideologization" in related areas far below that of the general population.