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Comment author: sunflowers 17 April 2013 01:07:35AM 1 point [-]

I haven't seen particular comments doing what I'm doing here. Of course some opinions are taboo! I think my question somewhat less trivial.

Comment author: Multiheaded 17 April 2013 05:42:16PM *  5 points [-]

Hi, I've been considering and investigating various uncomfortable/unpleasant/dark matters more thoroughly since making that thread, drawing on sources from radical feminists (e.g. Susan Bronwmiller) to "conspiracy nuts" (e.g. Jeff Wells) to far-right (e.g. Moldbug) and far-left (e.g. Maoist) extremists to unorthodox psychologists (e.g. Alice Miller) to anti-natalists/VHEMT (e.g. Sister Y).

Fortunately, my Weltanschauung has proven flexible enough to handle depressing stuff without me going stark raving mad, turning into a fascist/totalitarian, etc (although a few times I did want to break with this dark obsession). As an added effect, my politics did grow more radical (and harder to summarize), although I consider myself less mind-killed then when I started out.

Feel free to contact me through PM if you want to exchange any opinions!

Also, while we're on to all this, check out The Hoover Hog's "thoughtcrime" blog - remarkably erudite and charitable with lots of links to such stuff. Much of it is boring, nasty reactionary crap (sorry, people - "keeping blacks and women in their place and letting the White Man reign in glory" is not a novel, surprising or insightful idea, especially to someone aware of the last 200 years of ideological history in the West - and "let the weak slave away for us or perish" is sadly timeless)... but some is rather fascinating.

Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 17 April 2013 09:45:30PM 2 points [-]

check out The Hoover Hog's "thoughtcrime" blog

I agree that much of it is "nasty reactionary crap", but also that "some is rather fascinating." For instance, check out the early interview with Brian Tomasik, at a time when he was still publishing under the pseudonym "Alan Dawrst".