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gjm comments on Stupid Questions, 2nd half of December - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 12 January 2016 04:50:08PM -1 points [-]

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My impression is that Usul was interested not only in your opinion about racial IQ variations, but also in where your information comes from.

I think it's the first time I've been called that.

He didn't call you a Christian Identity white supremacist, he said this discussion reminds him of arguing with Christian Identity white supremacists. Those are very different things.

(You don't seem particularly like a Christian Identity white supremacist to me, for what it's worth. I think Usul is thinking too impressionistically.)

Comment author: Lumifer 12 January 2016 05:23:45PM 1 point [-]

My impression is that Usul was interested not only in your opinion about racial IQ variations, but also in where your information comes from.

My impression is that Usul is interested in neither of those things as he clearly went into snide mode.

He didn't call you a Christian Identity white supremacist

Let me quote him with the relevant part bolded:

...trolling Christian Identity White Supremacists back in the day, not sure if I should be surprised to find it here or not.

Instead of calling me a nutcase waiting for the Rapture while sitting in an Idaho bunker surrounded by beans and ammo, he's just being passive-aggressive.

Comment author: gjm 12 January 2016 06:22:03PM -1 points [-]

he clearly went into snide mode.

Going into snide mode is quite consistent with still wanting to understand the other guy's position and where it came from.

to find it here

My impression is that "it" wasn't meant to mean "the Christian Identity movement" but "racial prejudice".