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29 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 15 March 2012 12:41AM

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Comment author: XiXiDu 15 March 2012 11:01:26AM *  5 points [-]

I have become fully convinced that even bringing it up is actively harmful.

No, it is not. A lack of self-criticism and evaluation is one of the reasons for why people assign cult status to communities.

P.S. Posts with titles along the lines of 'Epistle to the New York Less Wrongians' don't help in reducing cultishness ;-)

(Yeah, I know it was just fun.)