Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Tolerate Tolerance - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 March 2009 07:34AM

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Comment author: AnnaSalamon 21 March 2009 11:06:30AM 23 points [-]

Eliezer isn't suggesting that you refrain from calling fools "fools". He's suggesting you tolerate people who are otherwise non-foolish except that they don't call fools "fools".

Tolerating fools might not be a good idea. Tolerating non-fools who themselves tolerate fools is, AFAICT, a glaringly good idea. If you create an atmosphere where everyone has to hate the same people... we run into some of the failure modes of objectivism.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 March 2009 07:26:50PM 9 points [-]

...I think this post might be over the meta threshold where some people lack the reflective gear and simply can't process the intended meaning! Really, I went to some lengths to spell it out here!