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chaosmage comments on [LINK] Why I'm not on the Rationalist Masterlist - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: chaosmage 07 January 2014 01:27:01PM 3 points [-]

LW is a US-centric site. When I saw the option, I assumed it meant the US interpretation of the "conservative" label, which (from Europe) seems impossible to distinguish from batshit crazy.

I like to see myself as somewhat conservative, but I even more like to see myself as not batshit crazy.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 January 2014 11:39:12AM 2 points [-]

The definition given in the survey was “Conservative, for example the US Republican Party and UK Tories: traditional values, low taxes, low redistribution of wealth”.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 January 2014 03:08:30AM 5 points [-]

LW is a US-centric site. When I saw the option, I assumed it meant the US interpretation of the "conservative" label, which (from Europe) seems impossible to distinguish from batshit crazy.

As a US conservative, I can assure you the feeling is mutual, BTW.

Comment author: Randy_M 08 January 2014 03:50:56PM 2 points [-]

Not sure what you mean by that. You feel European conservativism is crazy? You feel the interpretation of US conservatism is crazy? You feel US conservatives are functionally identical to crazy, if not actually so?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 January 2014 01:47:29AM 6 points [-]

I meant that all the mainstream European parties seem crazy.

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