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BaconServ comments on Open thread, 7-14 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 08 July 2014 11:15:06AM *  3 points [-]

I know politics is the mindkiller and arguments are soldiers yet still the question looms large: What makes some people more suceptible to arguing about politics and ideology? I know of people I can talk to while having differing points of view and just go "well, seems like we disagree" and carry on a conversation. Conversations with other people invariably disintegrate into political discussion with neither side yielding.

Why?

Comment author: BaconServ 09 July 2014 06:43:11PM 0 points [-]

Do you find yourself refusing to yield in the latter case but not the former case? Or is this observation of mutually unrelenting parties purely an external observation?

If there is a bug in your behavior (inconsistencies and double standards), then some introspection should yield potential explanations.