Konkvistador comments on Conspiracy Theories as Agency Fictions - LessWrong

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Comment author: TimS 11 June 2012 01:33:44PM *  2 points [-]

Konkvistador,

I'm familiar with that conversation, since you mostly had it with me. :)

The fact that there is no political faction that supports your cluster of political ideas does not mean that you don't have political opinions or that you don't push them in this community. Your lack of mainstream partisan identification speaks well of your rationality. But the norm in the community is no political opinions rather than no partisan opinions. To be clear, I disagree with that norm and think that your contributions are a net benefit to the community. But as far as I can tell, the stated norm of the community conflicts with talking about the topics you discuss.

In short, your (deservedly) high status in this community is protecting you from pushback that a newcomer would receive if he posted substantially similar content to what you post.


In this particular case, I think there has been a bit of misunderstanding among your critics. Your reference to Heterosexual White Males was interpreted (by me and others) as a reference to feminism, when you intended to reference conspiracy theories like "CIA caused crack epidemic" or "CIA made AIDS".

Comment author: [deleted] 11 June 2012 02:21:48PM *  1 point [-]

Oh I know you are. Its just the casual reader might not be and I felt a bit uncomfortable being quiet as other people debate me.