Eliezer Yudkowsky Quotes
Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, 'Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people.'
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.
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Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, 'Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people.'
