> So what? Does it make it ok to pollute the comment section, which is separate from the article, with hostile comments? Irrelevant. Imagine applying the same

> So what? Does it make it ok to pollute the comment section, which is separate from the article, with hostile comments? Irrelevant. Imagine applying the same logic: the whole article is dismissed becuse of the word "fuck" being sprinkled around because "language matters". > Let's get an overblown example: does it make it ok to be racist and antisemitic if you are in a group discussing Mein Kampf? I don't think so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum > It would be if the irrelevant part don't poison the rest of the discourse. I guess there are many intelligent racists out there. We don't need them and I don't care what they have to say. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." What can I say, this tells a lot about you. Discussing with people you strongly disagree with is a necessary and unavoidable step to change other people's mind. If you're not willing to go closer to people you disagree with and try and educate about a more open point of view (a not racist point of view, to go along with your example) then you'll never make any change in the world: it really means you're okay with racism as it is. At this point i'm really done arguing with you (I did my part). Farewell, best of luck.