VoiceOfRa comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong
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Look at the first paragraph of your post. Using "humor" to cover bad arguments.
Yes, I tend to apply a higher standard to comments then just about everybody else.
OK, I looked at the first paragraph. I see the (attempt at) humour. I don't see how it's covering (or trying to cover) a bad argument, or indeed any argument at all. What bad argument do you think I was attempting to cover?
I don't think "higher" is the right word here. That impression you have that no one else appreciates how awful your political opponents' arguments are? That's what being mindkilled feels like from the inside.
Including your own? I beg to differ.
Citation please.
For instance here, where you make one unsubstantiated claim after another.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/la5/neoreactionaries_why_are_you_neoreactionary/bnzn