> And your approach is to teach children to fear scissors instead of teaching them to use scissors carefully; to teach people that cotton swabs are "dangerous"

> And your approach is to teach children to fear scissors instead of teaching them to use scissors carefully; to teach people that cotton swabs are "dangerous" and must never be used. No, that's not my approach. Literally no one but you is saying that "cotton swabs are 'dangerous' and must never be used." What people are saying is to not jab them in your ear canal (e.g. avoid using them in risky ways akin to running with scissors). > This mindset is problematic and does not help one bit. The mindset of exaggerating everyone else's position into a straw man of hyperbole is problematic and does not help one bit.