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Xachariah comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Xachariah 03 January 2013 12:11:47AM 3 points [-]

I don't think the majority of the people who do this are male. I can think of half a dozen occasions just over the holidays where this was done by a woman (and I can recall only one male counterexample). She probably sees it otherwise given her politics, but I'd say it's equally split at best.

I do not expect her to make an equal opportunity blog post. However, you wanted to know why it's met with hostility by some people. The post sends out hostility towards men in an unspoken way, so it is responded to in kind.

Comment author: ewang 03 January 2013 05:59:19AM 4 points [-]

One reason gender politics is especially "mind-killing" is that the two least interesting/statistically significant/improbable positions (males are more THIS than females, females more THAT than males) also happen to be the two positions seen as the "strongest".

Comment author: TimS 03 January 2013 01:05:40AM *  1 point [-]

You have high standards. (shrug).

It looks to me like Not-Your-True-Rejection, but it would look that way to Mindkilled-Me whether it were true or not. (shrug).

Thanks for articulating your reasoning.