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A pejorative is a phrasing with negative connotations. Picked from the first paragraphs: > It was also the epicenter of a community ... An epicenter is the fo

A pejorative is a phrasing with negative connotations. Picked from the first paragraphs: > It was also the epicenter of a community ... An epicenter is the focus of a earthquake, which is associated with causing great damage and loss of life. Comparing a community to such an catastrophic event is a negative connotation. Is that not a pejorative in your eyes? Even if its not, its a way of making readers disliking said community without factual basis, which is not a very honest thing. I will stop arguing here. If your view is that you and Cade Metz do not use pejorative language, then there is no common ground between us.

xirbeosbwo1234 6y ago
>If your view is that you and Cade Metz do not use pejorative language I use pejorative language and make no apology for it. You seem to dislike pejorative language but seem to make an exception for the pejoratives in the Reason article. Cade Metz did not use any pejoratives. Everything he wrote was correct and presented in context. His coverage of SSC varied between measured and glowing. I do even vaguely understand how someone could take it as an attack. It is fair in its coverage of Scott Alexander and far kinder to the Rationalists than they deserve.