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shminux comments on How to deal with someone in a LessWrong meeting being creepy - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shminux 07 September 2012 05:54:50PM *  10 points [-]

It's amusing how some comments to this thread degenerated into versions of Yvain's worst argument in the world:

<Behavior A> is labeled creepy and the archetypal example of creepy is harmful, therefore A is bad.

Comment author: DanArmak 07 September 2012 07:04:31PM 7 points [-]

Also: behavior B is bad and is creepy. People talk about creepiness being bad, rather than behavior B being bad. But behavior A is also creepy, and some people think it's not bad. So they say creepiness is not bad. Then they feel they have to defend behavior B against claims of being bad (blue/green politics).

Comment author: shminux 07 September 2012 07:16:15PM 0 points [-]

Good point. Maybe Yvain can make a case study out of the OP.