Emile comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 02 January 2013 05:12:36PM 2 points [-]

For a better example of a case where rational debate is useless, I'd take an exiled Tibetan and a Chinese Nationalist debating about the status of Tibet.

Comment author: Alsadius 03 January 2013 05:31:31AM 0 points [-]

I think that's somewhat more amenable to rationality - the "Screw Tibet, free China!" bumper sticker I once saw comes to mind here. But I mostly picked abortion because it's the most prominent such example and the one I've thought most about, not because it's necessarily the best illustration.