satt comments on Please do not downvote every comment or post someone has ever made as a retaliation tactic. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 24 August 2011 08:08:48PM 6 points [-]

In a website devoted to rationality shouldn't it be a rule that you can't downvote evidence?

No.

A comment might, for example, present evidence in a misleading way (e.g. by being selective in presenting evidence or by describing evidence in a way that nudges readers toward a particular false conclusion). I'd be against a rule against downvoting comments like that.