There are some grounds for thinking that people who make comments supporting (in rough terms) feminist views, and more generally but also more weakly “non-Reactionary” views, are particularly likely to attract the attention of mass-downvoters.
This could make it sound like LessWrong is antifeminist. I’ll just clarify that this is (very?) false. It’s just that the people doing karmassassination are possibly antifeminist.
For the avoidance of doubt: Yes, I agree. LW as such has no position on these issues; such evidence as I’ve seen suggests that the median LW participant is favourably disposed towards feminism[1] and politically liberal; one could easily get a different impression from reading LW, a fact with a variety of possible explanations.
[1] The definition of “feminist” and the question of who is entitled to call themselves feminist are subject to some controversy, hence my cautious wording.
This could make it sound like LessWrong is antifeminist. I’ll just clarify that this is (very?) false. It’s just that the people doing karmassassination are possibly antifeminist.
For the avoidance of doubt: Yes, I agree. LW as such has no position on these issues; such evidence as I’ve seen suggests that the median LW participant is favourably disposed towards feminism[1] and politically liberal; one could easily get a different impression from reading LW, a fact with a variety of possible explanations.
[1] The definition of “feminist” and the question of who is entitled to call themselves feminist are subject to some controversy, hence my cautious wording.
Heh. On LW you can discuss whether feminism makes sense and how much—that by itself is enough to label it as “antifeminist” in certain circles.