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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, May 4 - May 10, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam 07 May 2015 07:38:37AM 14 points [-]

Consequences of being rude to people who disagree with you about something:

in real life -- lose friends

on internet -- gain pageviews

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 May 2015 01:51:10PM 0 points [-]

I've found that there's a risk of losing real life friends if you aren't careful about what you say online about politics.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 10 May 2015 08:42:56PM 1 point [-]

I've found that there's a risk of losing real life friends if you aren't careful about what you say online about politics.

Does the risk vary with position on the political spectrum?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 May 2015 11:20:43PM 0 points [-]

Probably, but I've just got sketchy memories of what people say, which seems to mostly be people on the left getting sick of hearing right wing views. I know more people on the left, so there might be just as much of the converse.

Personally, I've got a friend who doesn't want me to defend rightwingers to her, and the friendship is worth enough to me that I'm not going to nag her about rightwingers being human, too. She can figure it out on her own-- or not-- without my help.