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I largely agree with what you wrote. > Rationalists like to ... But then you tacked this on to the end and it's entirely unnecessary. The linked article is ac

I largely agree with what you wrote. > Rationalists like to ... But then you tacked this on to the end and it's entirely unnecessary. The linked article is actually a very good one about recognizing bad faith use of labels. It just doesn't really apply in this case because the original point (at least by my reading) wasn't a gotcha relying on the definition of a label but rather was using a label that the author believes is legitimate to point out the seeming inconsistency. Of course whether or not the label is legitimate is itself perfectly reasonable to discuss.

matthewdgreen 2y ago
My problem with the linked argument -- and specifically, with the idea of linking it and not so much the argument -- is that it takes a statement with validity and then tries to use a kind of rhetorical trick to argue that it's false. It is not false, which is the entire point of my post, and those rhetorical cookbook tricks harm understanding and lead us away from truth, because the world is full of nuance and complexity.