I don’t think “if discussing issues that have caused tremendous amounts of real world pain, you gotta avoid being contemptuous of the groups that were hurt” is a standard of care and compassion that is incompatible with rationality and high-quality writing. And not having any standard at all is flatly unworkable, and indeed not, actually, how the community actually functions.
Approximately every contentious issue has caused tremendous amounts of real-world pain. Therefore the choice of which issues to police contempt about becomes a de facto political standard.
I am not saying care and compassion is incompatible with rationality and high-quality writing.
Yes, perhaps it’s reasonable to require some standard, but personally I think there’s a place for events where that standard is as or more permissive than it is at LessOnline. This is my subjective opinion and preference, but I would not be surprised if many LessWrong readers shared it.
I don’t think “if discussing issues that have caused tremendous amounts of real world pain, you gotta avoid being contemptuous of the groups that were hurt” is a standard of care and compassion that is incompatible with rationality and high-quality writing. And not having any standard at all is flatly unworkable, and indeed not, actually, how the community actually functions.
Approximately every contentious issue has caused tremendous amounts of real-world pain. Therefore the choice of which issues to police contempt about becomes a de facto political standard.
I am not saying care and compassion is incompatible with rationality and high-quality writing.
Yes, perhaps it’s reasonable to require some standard, but personally I think there’s a place for events where that standard is as or more permissive than it is at LessOnline. This is my subjective opinion and preference, but I would not be surprised if many LessWrong readers shared it.