shminux comments on Thoughts on moral intuitions - LessWrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 29 June 2012 07:45:02PM *  1 point [-]

And this article contained some extraordinarily poor moral reasoning by LW standards, and was particularly uncharitable to social conservatives, though lack of charity to social conservatives is largely tolerated here.

I'll note that you didn't say I was incorrect, only that I was uncharitable.

Was I uncharitable? Maybe so. If this were some newbie posting, without a bunch of upvotes, or maybe net negative votes, I might not have even bothered to respond, or would have taken a lighter touch.

But it's not some newbie posting. It's a post by a grown up with a zillion karma points, with a large upvote for this particular article. I figure he's a big boy with a big fan club at his back, and they all can take their medicine straight, and need to.

Amidst the cheering throng, I admit to having a something of a John McEnroe moment - "You cannot be serious!" I actually removed a number of even more uncharitable comments. But I stand by the accuracy and fairness of my comments.

Comment author: shminux 29 June 2012 09:55:20PM *  1 point [-]

Amidst the cheering throng, I admit to having a something of a John McEnroe moment - "You cannot be serious!"

I doubt that bringing up John McEnroe, who, though a great player, was quite biased even by the rather relaxed standards of professional sports, supports your next point:

I actually removed a number of even more uncharitable comments. But I stand by the accuracy and fairness of my comments.

It has also been my experience that anyone who with a straight face calls oneself "accurate and fair" (as opposed to trying their best to be unbiased), is usually none of those things.