Eugine_Nier comments on I've had it with those dark rumours about our culture rigorously suppressing opinions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 February 2012 03:17:34AM *  0 points [-]

As Instapundit points out here.

SO IF A MAN GETS DRUNK AND SLEEPS WITH A WOMAN HE WOULDN’T HAVE SLEPT WITH SOBER, it’s humorous grist for jokes about “beer goggles” and “coyote ugly.” But if a woman does the same thing, woe unto anyone who suggests it wasn’t “date rape.”

I think this nicely illustrates the problem with the definition of rape that feminists like yourself are pushing.

Comment author: TimS 06 February 2012 03:37:28AM *  0 points [-]

Yes, many feminist thinkers are epistemically unhealthy. That doesn't prove all or even a majority of feminists are anti-epistemic. Notice how the original advice columnist (on Slate.com - hardly an anti-feminist site) rejected the idea that the woman's experience was obviously rape. More importantly, she emphatically rejected the idea that attempting to withdraw consent after the sex is over is something that others should respect in any way.

Comment author: Prismattic 06 February 2012 03:29:15AM 0 points [-]

I think you could have made this point without linking to Instapundit. If you don't want this thread to get totally mindkilled, perhaps it's better to leave out links to people who elicit highly polarized reactions from different political tribes.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 February 2012 03:37:32AM 2 points [-]

I find it rude to quote people without linking to them.

Comment author: Prismattic 06 February 2012 03:41:30AM 1 point [-]

I meant that quoting him was unnecessary; the idea is almost certainly not original to him anyway, so you could restate it in your own words.