Konkvistador comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong
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--Kate Evans on Twitter
You may find it felicitous to link directly to the tweet.
You responded to the wrong post or gave the wrong link. I do see your point, fixed both quotes.
Don't we all choose for ourselves on which side to drive? There's usually nobody else ready to grab the wheel away from you...
There are police ready to pull you over, for certain values of "ready". (Not commenting on whether that relates to Evans' point.)
Have successfully quoted this to counter a relativist-truth argument that was aimed towards supporting "freedom of faith" even in hypothetical scenarios where the majority of actors would end up promoting and following harmful faiths.
While counterintuitive to me, it was apparently a necessary step before the other party could even comprehend the fallacy of gray that was being committed.