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Is disagreeing with the style of someone's rhetoric really the same as an attack on the person? The parent comment is making the point that Stallman uses exclus
by relaytheurgency 10y ago
Is disagreeing with the style of someone's rhetoric really the same as an attack on the person? The parent comment is making the point that Stallman uses exclusionary tactics while speaking and that they are a turn off if you aren't already a convert. I think it's a cogent point and I think it applies in a more general sense to a lot of lazy techniques employed by those who seek to be divisive.
- programmarchy 10y agohttp://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tone_argument http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tone_argument
- trungaczne 10y agoI don't think he dismissed the original argument ("Facebook is bad for you") at all, he's just commenting on the use of bad rhetoric and how it detracts from Stallman's goal of convincing people not to use Facebook. I don't think everyone would listen to a person flinging insult, even if their argument has some basis. I wouldn't listen to a person who rely on bad rhetoric either.
- ktRolster 10y agoResponding to tone is already reaching level 3 on the hierarchy: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html So it's better than it could be.