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16 Post author: thelittledoctor 08 May 2012 08:34PM

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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 08 May 2012 10:04:47PM 1 point [-]

I am perhaps less optimistic than you on the probability that you can really deconvert theists by "unflipping DA levers in their heads"; but I'm positively absolutist on the desirability of doing so. The Dark Side is called 'Dark' for a reason. Where you see it operating, you have a positive moral duty to fight it if you can.

Comment author: Alejandro1 09 May 2012 12:28:23AM 4 points [-]

I think you misunderstood: as I interpreted thelittledoctor, the DA levers are subtly manipulative techniques that he or she could use to deconvert people, like the examples faul gives here.