Posted: Jan 12, 2016 1:24 pm
Angrily and emotionally reacting (or appearing to react) to a displeasing post is not, of course, the same as ruthlessly destroying bad ideas.
Invective-ridden shouting matches never destroy any ideas at all, in fact they confuse and entrench them.
I've also commented elsewhere on the angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin distinction between "you're lying" and "you're a liar", which IMO simply legitimises personal attacks and is quite corrosive.
Personally, I don't give a flying fuck about the swearifying, indeed when it's done well I positively enjoy it, but wading through all the shit to find the good stuff, and finding that actually there is only the shit, is very tiresome, and it's why I don't hang out here so much. Not that I'm asking people to give a shit whether I like it here or not, I hasten to add - just sayin'...
If I could completely suppress the Politics and Current Affairs forums from the New Posts button, it would make it a lot easier to avoid the dross.
Invective-ridden shouting matches never destroy any ideas at all, in fact they confuse and entrench them.
I've also commented elsewhere on the angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin distinction between "you're lying" and "you're a liar", which IMO simply legitimises personal attacks and is quite corrosive.
Personally, I don't give a flying fuck about the swearifying, indeed when it's done well I positively enjoy it, but wading through all the shit to find the good stuff, and finding that actually there is only the shit, is very tiresome, and it's why I don't hang out here so much. Not that I'm asking people to give a shit whether I like it here or not, I hasten to add - just sayin'...
If I could completely suppress the Politics and Current Affairs forums from the New Posts button, it would make it a lot easier to avoid the dross.