normalizing [libel suits] would cause much more harm than RationalWiki ever caused . . . . I do think it’s pretty bad and [this action] overall likely still made the world worse.
Is that your true rejection? (I’m surprised if you think the normalizing-libel-suits effect is nontrivial.)
Yeah, what would be my alternative true rejection? I don’t think the normalization effect is weak, indeed I expect even just within my social circle for this whole situation to come up regularly as justification for threatening people with libel suits.
Is that your true rejection? (I’m surprised if you think the normalizing-libel-suits effect is nontrivial.)
Yeah, what would be my alternative true rejection? I don’t think the normalization effect is weak, indeed I expect even just within my social circle for this whole situation to come up regularly as justification for threatening people with libel suits.