RowanE comments on Can we dodge the mindkiller? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RowanE 14 June 2013 04:21:43PM 0 points [-]

I don't think it's a no true scotsman thing, although as I was writing the comment I did worry that I was veering into that territory.

How one defines a Democrat varies, and only some ways of defining it make sense with the sort of Democrats you describe, and I don't think the overlap of "Democrats" and "people who identify with a specific political -ism" contains those. This will vary a bit depending on how one is interpreting "identify with a specific political -ism". I think this is where the disagreement lies.