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Probably because "asking questions" or "just asking questions" is a known bad-faith tactic https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JAQing%20off https://
by ambicapter 4y ago
Probably because "asking questions" or "just asking questions" is a known bad-faith tactic https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JAQing%20off https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JAQing%20off
- tiahura 4y agoSocrates deserved to die.
- scandox 4y agoWell as Ngozi Adichie says we must reestablish good faith as the default position. If we jettison good faith and always assume bad faith then indeed asking questions becomes impossible. But I'm sure that's not what people want. She does seem to acknowledge that social media is not the best place for.good faith debate.
- trention 4y ago
- Kye 4y ago>> "Not when applied to the quasi-religious civil morality of the modern left." You could put this sentence in a museum. A real cultural artifact. It's nonsense, but very much worth preserving as a reflection of the rhetoric of our times. edit: They can file it in the gallery of things people once considered true.
- trention 4y ago
- dbfx 4y agoUrban dictionary is hardly a good enough source to do the heavy lifting you're trying to use it for.
- 543g43g43 4y agoI'd rather live in a world where raising certain questions is seen as "bad faith", than a world where the experts have decided that certain topics are "too important" to be discussed. Also - if your point of view is threatened by people just asking questions, then you really should think some more.
- curtisblaine 4y agoIt's a bit too easy to avoid all questions on the grounds that some people might be asking them in bad faith, though.