He calls his position on animal welfare “extremist”. That’s hardly a smuggling.

And anyways I found his linked blog post pretty thought provoking, even though I hold a different position than the author.

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sfblah 3 days ago | parent [-]

Fine. Not smuggling then “advocating”. It doesn’t actually matter, since it hurts the overall force of his point. Like, if he’s detected this trend why not learn from it himself?

	▲	SpicyLemonZest 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because he wants to be clear that you don’t face a choice between turning crazy and believing only things that the people around you consider normal. You can believe strange, extreme things and still be reasonable about them.
	▲	card_zero 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I thought it was kind of convenient and helpful to be able to say "I, too, am a nutjob" while advocating moderation in one's nutjobbery. See the comment by jrflowers for how it would have come off if the author claimed to be perfect.