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I just thought it would be good to point out that you are creating a strawman. You've created an example that you acknowledge isn't cyber bullying, and use that
by boopuyy1 11y ago
I just thought it would be good to point out that you are creating a strawman. You've created an example that you acknowledge isn't cyber bullying, and use that to suggest that therefore cyber bullying can't exist in any form.
It's a disingenuous argument at best.
- threatofrain 11y agoA straw man is a misrepresentation of someone else's argument, and the poster did not say something anything so unsophisticated as what you have suggested. Your argument, on the other hand...
- boopuyy1 11y agoNot to point out the obvious, but "is she cyberbullying him?" and "Should her access to Twitter be cut off" are both clearly attempting to misrepresent the argument of the other side. Just because they are rhetorical questions doesn't mean it isn't obvious what the poster is implying.
- threatofrain 11y agoThis is the parent-level post. There's no dishonest misrepresentation of anyone. The poster also didn't even come close to suggesting anything so unsophisticated as "therefore cyberbullying can't exist in any form!" That is an awful misrepresentation. The paragraph in question basically pushes the conversation toward, "Where are the brightlines?"
- gnicholas 11y agoActually, it's not a straw man. Laws (or codes of conduct, at universities) like this actually do exist. In the US, they are generally unconstitutional, but challenging them is expensive and time consuming. For a fairly comprehensive listing of such laws/codes and an analysis of their constitutionality (again, only for US purposes), see Professor Volokh's blog, now part of the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/category/bullying-bans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/cat...