Crux comments on Who owns LessWrong? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Crux 01 October 2011 12:08:06AM *  13 points [-]

Does this not count as an indirect argument or something?

I for one would be sort of annoyed if somebody announced that due to an alleged unamiable personality of mine they're declining to debate me, and then in the same public venue proceeded to state that my whole argument was an obvious non-sequitur.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 October 2011 11:41:49AM *  2 points [-]

I for one would be sort of annoyed

Does your annoyance suggest a way in which the decisions in question are wrong? If not, it might be wrong to endorse this emotional response (in this sense). If it does, then it's better to describe that explicitly, irrespective of emotion. Or maybe you are drawing attention to the emotion itself as a relevant consideration? It's not clear from your comment.