MrMind comments on The Hostile Arguer - LessWrong

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Comment author: MrMind 27 November 2014 08:24:24AM *  11 points [-]

There is the possibility that the other party is able and willing to punish you for refusing to engage. Aside from promoting them from “treat as Hostile Arguer” to “treat as hostile, period”, I’m not sure what to do about this.

It's a situation akin, in form if not in degree, to those of hostages in a prison camp. The usual suggestions indeed apply:
1 - submit and cooperate;
2 - study the environment;
3 - try to gain small victories;
4 - as soon as it's feasible, get out.