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Desrtopa comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 December 2012 09:00PM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 24 December 2012 07:50:10PM 0 points [-]

If the violence is a bad idea, which in nearly all cases it probably would be, other commenters are likely to point that out. Having people inspired to carry out acts of violence in spite of other members pointing out that it's unlikely to bear good results is possible, but unlikely, whereas having people judge the community negatively for discussing such things at all is considerably more likely.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 24 December 2012 08:00:34PM *  2 points [-]

If the violence is a bad idea, which in nearly all cases it probably would be, other commenters are likely to point that out.

Can you point to an example of this actually happening?

Comment author: Desrtopa 24 December 2012 08:10:28PM 4 points [-]
Comment author: DanArmak 26 December 2012 08:04:52PM 1 point [-]

The post in question was heavily downvoted before it was deleted.