Douglas_Knight comments on Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 15 January 2014 03:00:02PM 2 points [-]

The words have been used inconsistently throughout the centuries, but the etymology is that a reactionary wants to roll back a change, while a far-right person might have the same politics, without the implication of having noticed where society is.