Lumifer comments on "3 Reasons It’s Irrational to Demand ‘Rationalism’ in Social Justice Activism" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 30 March 2016 03:07:37PM 8 points [-]

Words get loaded with bad affect because people have negative thoughts about the thing being referred to.

Or, y'know, because people who call themselves these words do bad things.

Comment author: Will_BC 30 March 2016 04:11:07PM 2 points [-]

I was trying not to kick the bees nest too hard, but I agree with you, doing bad things does tend to make people think bad things about you.