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ChristianKl comments on False Friends and Tone Policing - Less Wrong Discussion

45 Post author: palladias 18 June 2014 06:20PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 19 June 2014 02:38:14PM 7 points [-]

Something being a heartfelt argument doesn't mean that it's not a choice that someone made. Especially in the social justice movement people do make choices about shunning specific words and developing an emotional attachment.