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seer comments on [POLITICS] Jihadism and a new kind of existential threat - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: MrMind 25 March 2015 09:37AM

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Comment author: seer 27 March 2015 06:55:04AM 1 point [-]

It was pretty clear from context what he meant.

Comment author: satt 28 March 2015 06:53:32PM 2 points [-]

I submit that it wasn't in fact clear that advancedatheist was referring to the specific subset of Islam/Muslims you have in mind, as evidenced by

  • 2 of the 3 direct replies to advancedatheist interpreting advancedatheist generally, rather than as you've interpreted them
  • advancedatheist writing in generalities like "Toxic religions" (rather than e.g. "Toxic branches of religions") and "immigration restrictions to keep Muslims out" (rather than e.g. "immigration restrictions to keep fundamentalist Muslims out")
  • other people having called out advancedatheist before for making political comments not very relevant to the surrounding context, suggesting that context isn't a reliable guide to interpreting advancedatheist

I also notice advancedatheist didn't respond to Lumifer or NancyLebovitz along the lines of "you're misunderstanding/misrepresenting me, I actually only mean such-and-such a subset of Muslims".