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Lumifer comments on Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 22 November 2014 05:32:35AM 2 points [-]

most LW just thought social justice issues were obviously true

I'm pretty sure LW was never that dumb (or gullible).

Comment author: someonewrongonthenet 22 November 2014 09:05:12PM 0 points [-]

?

did you not see the LW census on political issues?

Comment author: Lumifer 23 November 2014 03:28:07AM 4 points [-]

Being on the political left does not mean thinking that SJ issues are "obviously true".

Comment author: ChristianKl 23 November 2014 06:18:29PM 2 points [-]

The LW census did have a question about how people see SJ as a whole.

Comment author: satt 24 November 2014 05:47:12AM *  1 point [-]

It would probably be useful to go into more detail about the results we're talking about. In 2013, the survey asked people to rate "Social Justice" & "Feminism" on a scale of 1 ("not at all favorable") to 5 ("very favorable"). "Social Justice" got an average of 3.6, "Feminism" 3.8. 61% of people rated "Social Justice" 4 or 5; 58% rated "Feminism" 4 or 5.

I'm not sure those averages & percentages are quite high enough for someonewrongonthenet to conclude "most LW just thought social justice issues were obviously true", but I can see why they see it that way.

Edit: it's also quite possible that someonewrongonthenet, Lumifer, and LW as a whole have different referents in mind when they see the term "social justice".

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