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

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Comment author: MugaSofer 17 January 2014 01:59:21AM * -1 points [-]

"fundamentalist" is typically an epithet

Of course, "reactionary" was also traditionally a derogatory term. So perhaps that isn't surprising.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 January 2014 02:02:17AM 1 point [-]

Of course, "reactionary" was also traditionally a derogatory term.

In the context of religious studies "fundamentalist" is not derogatory but descriptive.

Comment author: MugaSofer 17 January 2014 03:37:56AM 0 points [-]

Most epithets start out as descriptive terms with some sort of negative connotation.