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FiftyTwo comments on What are your contrarian views? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 21 September 2014 12:47:55AM 5 points [-]

[Contrarian thread, special voting rules apply]

Engaging in political processes (and learning how to do so) is a useful thing, and is consistently underrated by the LW consensus.

Comment author: shminux 23 September 2014 08:44:37PM 4 points [-]

Just a reminder, the local meme "politics is the mind killer" is an injunction not against discussing politics, but against using political examples in a non-political argument.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 23 September 2014 10:27:08PM 3 points [-]

Agreed. But there is also a generally negative attitude towards politics