I would disagree with that characterization. In fact, SSC's essays often involve emotionally colored language, some are even parables/fiction that clearly engage in more than rational argument.
Ideally what it tries to do instead is to make us mindful of the emotional aspect, and re-examine it. That's for instance why rationalists are so obsessed with ingroup-outgroup processes: they notice themselves exhibiting the same patterns and want to understand why.
Ideally what it tries to do instead is to make us mindful of the emotional aspect, and re-examine it. That's for instance why rationalists are so obsessed with ingroup-outgroup processes: they notice themselves exhibiting the same patterns and want to understand why.