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Comment author: clarissethorn 12 April 2009 06:39:18PM 3 points [-]

Presentation is endorsement, unless it's framed with disclaimers.

Let's return to the LGBTQ example. Consider the following potential sentences:

"Many people think of homosexuality as a sexual perversion. But there are ordinary, socially-accepted behaviors that seem partly homoerotic to me:"

Would you call that a neutral statement? Would you claim so passionately that it revealed no bias on the part of the person who said it?

Comment author: JulianMorrison 12 April 2009 06:42:13PM * 1 point [-]

I don't think it reveals bias, so much as a lack of diplomacy.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 12 April 2009 10:30:00PM 0 points [-]

Hmm. I would object, but empirical evidence from other threads is compatible with the "lack of diplomacy" theory.

Sometimes rationalism is a bitch.

(Wait, am I doing it again?)