Nornagest comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MTGandP 30 November 2012 09:55:16PM 4 points [-]

Generally, half the time we get visiting leftwingers accusing us of being rightwing reactionaries, and the other half of the time we get visiting rightwingers accusing us of being leftwing sheep.

The first one surprises me because hardly anyone on LW seems conservative (and the polls confirm this).

I'm hereby making a prediction with 75% certainty that you consider yourself a left winger. Am I right?

I'm definitely a non-libertarian, so that may be it.

Comment author: Nornagest 30 November 2012 10:00:47PM *  6 points [-]

The first one surprises me because hardly anyone on LW seems conservative (and the polls confirm this).

Libertarians count as right-wing by most left-wing standards, even far right. And then we've got a small but vocal faction of neoreactionary/Moldbugger types, who don't fit cleanly into any modern political typologies but who tend to look extra-super right-wing++ through leftist eyes.