jimrandomh comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong Discussion
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I don't necessarily object to this policy but find it troubling that you can't give a better reason for not discussing violence being a good idea than PR.
Frankly, I find it even more troubling that your standard reasons for why violence is not in fact a good idea seem to be "it's bad PR" and "even if it is we shouldn't say so in public".
As I quote here:
Edit: added link to an example of SIAI people unable to give a better reason against doing violence than PR.
I would find this troubling if it were true, but the better reason is right there in the post: "Talking about such violence makes that violence more probable".