Well, firstly I'd like to say that I certainly don't think we should ban homophobia (unless we ban all politics), and I also think that some of the things Azathoth123 says are intelligent and worthy of upvoting.
Having said that,
I've been downvoted for saying stupid things (by LW standards) and this is ok. But arguing with Azathoth123 is the only time I think I've been downvoted for saying things just because someone disagrees with the politics. Yesterday I posted two replies to him, neither was antagonistic or problematic in any way I can see, but still both have been downvoted. I have noticed this repeatedly.
What's more, this isn't going to help him spread his politics. People will stop being willing to talk to him (I've certainly grown tired of it), and it also reflects badly on other NRxers.
Futhermore, given that the large majority of LWers are socially liberal, I find it surprising that some of Azathoth123's comments get so many upvotes. It doesn't fit my model of the average LWer, even when filtered to assume that more consevatives are talking to him. I'd say maybe 70% confidence that he's using sockpuppets based on that, rising based on what you and others have said.
Futhermore, given that the large majority of LWers are socially liberal, I find it surprising that some of Azathoth123's comments get so many upvotes. It doesn't fit my model of the average LWer, even when filtered to assume that more consevatives are talking to him.
In itself, heavy upvoting of Azathoth123's comments doesn't make me suspicious. Eugine_Nier often got lots of upvotes, and I don't recall suspecting them of self-upvoting when they were posting under that name. (Though I have now started to wonder.) Other neoreactionary-leaning commenters li...
Through LessWrong, I've discovered the no-reactionary movement. Servery says that there are some of you here.
I'm curious, what lead you to accept the basic premises of the movement? What is the story of your personal "conversion"? Was there some particular insight or information that was important in convincing you? Was it something that just "clicked" for you or that you had always felt in a vague way? Were any of you "raised in it"?
Feel free to forward my questions to others or direct me towards a better forum for asking this.
I hope that this is in no way demeaning or insulting. I'm genuinely curious and my questioning is value free. If you point me towards compelling evidence of the neo-reactionary premise, I'll update on it.