bramflakes comments on Betrand Russell's Ten Commandments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bramflakes 07 May 2012 10:33:24AM 0 points [-]

Varying forms of xenophobia have existed throughout the ages and those ideas are still alive and kicking today.

Comment author: Arran_Stirton 08 May 2012 12:45:54AM *  0 points [-]

However within a good deal western media (at least in England) xenophobic ideals are portrayed as to the "far right", and essentially eccentric. Whereas back in the day racism/nationalism was normal, and to not conform to that was considered eccentric.

Also I was looking for something a little less general than just xenophobia, a lot of opinions fall under that category.

Comment author: bramflakes 08 May 2012 03:39:09PM 0 points [-]

"Happiness is good"?

Comment author: Arran_Stirton 10 May 2012 04:14:13AM 0 points [-]

Not sure that quite counts as an opinion, but what the hey. Close enough.

The particular quote should be ammended to something like:

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for eccentricity is a poor measure of falsehood.