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By: Paul Crowley

Paul Crowley — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:12:26 +0000

I wish more of the comments on this blog post were like this!

By: JBay

JBay — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:20:44 +0000

What both Fascists and Soviet-style communists have in common is a fascination with greatcoats. These coats are the timeless essential hallmark of repressive regimes across the world, and can be witnessed to this day in the official uniforms of despotic nations such as North Korea. I cannot imagine any more ironclad justification that all those who wear and advocate the donning of coats are, at heart, despots opposed to peace and personal liberty.

I hereby suggest that coats, jackets, and all similar manner of cold-weather dress be banned as surely as any other expression of hatred.

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By: If My Opponent Believes That, Then I Surely Can’t | oogenhand

If My Opponent Believes That, Then I Surely Can’t | oogenhand — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:14:07 +0000

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By: John Sabotta

John Sabotta — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:57:37 +0000

I aim to please.

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By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:41:13 +0000

Wow, “being hated by awful people” in that particular context has got to set some kind of meta-ness record.

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By: John Sabitta

John Sabitta — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:51:27 +0000

The iPhone sucks as a posting instrument. I think I’ve made myself clear enough though. As is well known, Mencius Moldbug is in the pay of Zombie Trotsky: I heard this from someone who should know. (The nerdletariat’s lust for power has both reactionary and progressive wings, but I am pleased to see that generally they are united, if on nothing else, by their hatred of the Catholic Church and/or Christianity in general. No, being hated by awful people is no reason to think you’re not awful yourself, but it’s a hopeful sign, perhaps. It’s important in life to have the right enemies, ones you can be proud of. The slow drift of the “neo-reactionary” wing of the nerdletariat towards vile anti-Semitism is also worthy of notice, although probably a separate issue. That’s being charitable, though.)

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By: John Sabitta

John Sabitta — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:13:09 +0000

I couldn’t help noticing that one of the voice if reason above felt it necessary to deliver itself of this nugget of confirmed fact.

“Obviously there’s no easy way to tell, but I hear from people who would know that maybe half of Catholic priests are gay, at least in the West.”

Well, that settled that, then. Surely a member of the “rationalist community” must know the people who must know such things. Still, you should consider adding more rationality to your assertion by using the phrase “as is well known” when you deliver such wisdom, as in “as is well known, all Trotskyites are in the pay of Hitler.” (Reason is not always the sole weapon against Trotskyites, s

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By: MugaSofer

MugaSofer — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:19:26 +0000

Scott, are you ever going to explain your Deep Insights into this sort of thing? You’ve been talking about the plight of us low-social-skills-people a lot recently.

Any chance you’ll ever share these advanced social skills you learned during your Five Thousand Years? Obviously, some of these techniques may be evil. But you have unparalleled access to the rationalist community, so I’m guessing the instrumental value could be high.

Oh, and I’m crazy curious, of course. Hmm, I think I’ll ask this on a few posts in the hope it’ll be seen.

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By: If My Opponent Believes That, Then I Surely Can’t

If My Opponent Believes That, Then I Surely Can’t — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:04:15 +0000

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Link blog: art, spying, nsa, argument | Name and Nature — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:13:34 +0000

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