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> They're a venue for long running partisan fights. Worse, they tend to be completely uninformed emotional ramblings. I often wonder just how many of those co

• minikites 6y ago
  In my experience, people who use "emotional" in a derogatory way are often the most emotional themselves because they're blind to their own feelings. Being emotional is not bad.
  • austincheney 6y ago
    I didn't use emotional in a derogatory way, but I did use it to create a loaded statement. The implication of the word emotional in that statement is meaningless unless somebody reading the hypothetical comment is emotionally activated.
    • minikites 6y ago
      >emotionally activated Do you really think acting like an emotionless robot is a good way to communicate with others?
  • hnlmorg 6y ago
    No. It's just used that way by people who are getting fed up with reading: 1. made up facts from organisations trying to incite emotional responses rather than conveying accurate information, 2. comments from people who are ignorant on specific topics but still feel strongly enough about said topic to voice their opinion. Clearly we are never going to remove emotion from content. That's as unrealistic as asking the news to be unbiased. But wouldn't it be nice if there was a little less emotive bullshit being argued as factual information.... Unfortunately turning off comments on select posts isn't going to fix the rot.