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5 Post author: yttrium 05 February 2012 10:13PM

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Comment author: drethelin 06 February 2012 12:07:22AM 2 points [-]

I was told once that things I said in english class helped convert a friend of mine to atheism, but this was so long ago that I can't really remember what I said. In terms of my own experiences of giving up beliefs I've had, a key factor is readability and honesty in presentation. Things like Yvain's non-libertarian faq are fun to read and seriously strive to address the viewpoints that I formerly held as a libertarian. It didn't make fun of libertarianism, but allowed it to reveal its own silliness by talking about it.

Comment author: jkaufman 09 February 2012 10:06:52PM *  2 points [-]

I was curious about "Yvain's non-libertarian faq" so I looked for it. I found it.