07-13-2014, 03:25 PM
Steel Accord: Speaking only for myself, the reason why people (mostly!) probably get the idea that I'm tolerant is that I choose to project that way here. I am far from tolerant on some subjects, but most of them aren't going to be an issue in ten thousand years' time.
It might also help that the very subject of this board is one that requires a flexible and intelligent mind to work with it. Which doesn't usually go with mindless xenophobia or slogan-chanting on either extreme of the political spectrum.
Fun story (ish): I was putting forward a technophilic, transhuman and Singularitarian viewpoint on another board, regarding an issue I don't actually remember. To illustrate the argument I was making, I linked to the EG page on toposophic levels. The response to that was basically "OW! My head hurts."
It might also help that the very subject of this board is one that requires a flexible and intelligent mind to work with it. Which doesn't usually go with mindless xenophobia or slogan-chanting on either extreme of the political spectrum.
Fun story (ish): I was putting forward a technophilic, transhuman and Singularitarian viewpoint on another board, regarding an issue I don't actually remember. To illustrate the argument I was making, I linked to the EG page on toposophic levels. The response to that was basically "OW! My head hurts."