Comment by pvg
1 year ago
Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.
1 year ago
Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.
It is actually relevant in this case because the text portraits defensive communication as bad, and this editing stance fits the bill. In fact the current state of political speech in the west puts everyone in defense, such as with this kind of crap.
Anyway a great read, it applies to various contexts, from work and family to politics and online discourse.
It is actually relevant
I call this the 'everything is related to everything somehow' truism - sure, you can make the case for almost any comment or submission but it's not some universal beat-the-forum-conventions cheat code. Could one write some sort of reasonable comment critiquing this edit? Maybe. But generic, reflexive harumphing is not that and tends to trash threads which is one of the many reasons it's discouraged.
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