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Comment author: Multiheaded 13 January 2013 03:46:39PM *  13 points [-]

http://lesswrong.com/lw/9q5/on_saying_the_obvious/

(In general: looking at your current behavior here and on twitter, you might be beginning to spiral around full-crank mode right now. You've seen it happen to me several times; I know what signs to look out for. Take heed, and go have some fun/work on stuff/etc before returning to political back-and-forth.

This is not to take a cheap shot at or dismiss any ideas behind whatever you've been arguing in this time - they deserve proper disagreement and taking apart IMO - just a warning that their direction might be getting a bit monomaniacal.)

Comment author: [deleted] 13 January 2013 11:11:30PM *  9 points [-]

Thank you for telling me you think so, I consider your warning quite important evidence on whether I am going into such a spiral.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 January 2013 11:14:52PM *  2 points [-]

Please don't take my twitter account too seriously tho, I mostly have fun there. I hope you of all people notice when I do self-parody.

Comment author: Multiheaded 14 January 2013 05:57:48AM *  2 points [-]

I hope you of all people notice when I do self-parody.

Unfortunately for you, it's often hard for me (despite some practice) to see a clear distinction between sufficiently firm, unequivocally expressed far-right views coming from a modern Western person and self-parody. Unless it appears that the author really is far gone and needs sympathy and psychological help, not debate. (See e.g. Bruce Charlton, known Azathoth-worshipper.)

(But hey, I'm not discriminatory - I'd say the same about Stalinism ;))