From: alexboko@umich.edu
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 14:19:31 MST
From: "Alex Future Bokov" <alexboko@umich.edu>
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[quote from: dehede011@aol.com on 2003-03-20 at 12:07:26] How come you don't
mention the many stealth left wingers on her? How
My bad. Search their archives, same tactic will flush them out too. I
guess disagreeing with them comes naturally, and I rarely even notice them
anymore. Disagreeing with you guys feels wierd and annoying. Hopefully, by the
end of this month my pledge will have helped me get over this hangup, and I
will gain equal facility in ignoring both types of trolls.
[quote from: dehede011@aol.com on 2003-03-20 at 12:07:26]
do you distinguish a stealth-conservative from a libertarian?
Ah! Good question. I've been kicking it around for a while. Let's see if I can
answer it without breaking my pledge (see start of this thread). How many of
the following organizations do you find distasteful out of all proportion to
any specific arguments you put forward to justify your distaste:
ACLU (IMHO this one is the strongest bellwhether of what you really are)
Amensty International
Planned Parenthood
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
NAACP
American Indian Movement
Women's Health Action Mobilization
National Organization for Women
The more of them tick you off for, the more you fit into the former
category. If you are indifferent to all of them, or even agree with many
of them on bits and pieces of their agendae, that places you in the latter
category. Obviously, only you know for sure... hopefully we're all at least
honest with ourselves.
Other people can only INFER which end of the spectrum you fall on. Although
the more emotional and dogmatic you sound, the less Extropian you are
automatically, regardless of what kind of non-Extropian you are.
[quote from: dehede011@aol.com on 2003-03-20 at 12:07:26]
How do I
distinguish you from a person that does not believe in free speech?
Dunno. Good one. Let me know if you come up with a good heuristic. One
that comes to mind is the fact that I want to ignore trolls with greater
efficiency rather than call for their banning, suing, fining, jailing,
flogging, etc. Also, this medium isn't terribly conducive to someone who
doesn't believe in free speech, don't you think?
---- This message was posted by Alex Future Bokov to the Extropians 2003 board on ExI BBS. <http://www.extropy.org/bbs/index.php?board=67;action=display;threadid=55245>
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