Elo comments on Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion
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He was originally banned for downvoting. That's how we keep finding him.
He also holds contentious views and feels as though he is being silenced for his contentious views. As we know though; lesswrong is usually very happy to entertain contentious views so long as they are presented carefully and handled like the potential mindkillers that they are.
He would like his views to appear to his opposers that they are stronger than they are.
Contentious views are potential mind killers?
In the way that people treat them as identity issues, political party issues and blue/green (you're either with us or you're against us), they can be. I would say I see a light correlation between identity and mindkilled.
information around these ideas: http://lesswrong.com/lw/idj/use_your_identity_carefully/