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Nornagest comments on Open thread, July 28 - August 3, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nornagest 30 July 2014 04:36:38AM *  4 points [-]

That works a lot less well arguing against someone who is claiming to be from that culture.

I've more than once seen people accused of not really being whatever they claim to be. "You're wrong about your culture's traditional practices" isn't a legal move, but "you're obviously an imposter" is.