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James_Miller comments on Open Thread, Jul. 13 - Jul. 19, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 15 July 2015 12:26:57AM 3 points [-]

Iranian leaders regularly chant "Death to America" and yet the United States seems to be on course to letting Iran acquire atomic weapons even though we currently have the capacity to destroy Iran's military and industrial capacity at a tiny cost to ourselves.

Comment author: James_Miller 15 July 2015 07:58:54PM 7 points [-]

Someone seems to have downvoted nearly ever comment to my top post.

Comment author: Lumifer 15 July 2015 08:01:06PM 12 points [-]

I think someone disapproves of political discussions on LW and is willing to karma-hose all participants in such.

Comment author: Elo 15 July 2015 08:44:13PM 1 point [-]

I agree with them. this is very specific of a political discussion, not a political philosophy one. Don't like it taking place here

Comment author: Lumifer 15 July 2015 08:57:20PM 7 points [-]

There is a bit of a difference between disliking a particular discussion on a forum and mass-downvoting all participants.

Comment author: Elo 15 July 2015 10:46:26PM 1 point [-]

Sorry, let me clarify, I agree that this place is not for politics, but a simple downvote on the top post, and a post describing that would have been fine. no need to downvote all sub-posts.