> No one is talking about "recording". Of course you can record anyone in a public space. You're moving the goalposts. that's an unhelpful amount of pedantry,

> No one is talking about "recording". Of course you can record anyone in a public space. You're moving the goalposts. that's an unhelpful amount of pedantry, but sure you got me, you said walk over and demanded a bunch of information.... which you might notice, no one else said either. The discussion was about if identifying police was legal. sigh > Also lol @ "toxic". Sometimes I forget that people can be offended by insufficient outrage. > In a famous example you might have heard of, the federal government can overrule states' laws legalizing slavery, and make it illegal nationwide. This is a very demeaning way to phrase this, it's dripping with disgust and contempt. You may not have intended either, but without a doubt both are included by phrasing it this way. Because both are divisive and obstacles to a fair and healthy conversation, that makes them toxic. As in harmful to others, or the discussion. Is that a fair interpretation of your comment? IMO, Yes. But even if you elect to disagree, in a very heated thread a reasonable person knows to expect their messages will be read in the context of frustration which makes negative inferences much more likely. A good person who wants to be understood will take care to avoid that. But a toxic person will embed such language ignorantly or intentionally to stir up shit. A lot of people probably would call insufficient outrage toxic; but that's not why I did. It doesn't have to be about insufficient outrage, when you elect to write things in a way that appears to imply contemt (instead of collaboration) for the people who you're trying to talk to, that's toxic. No idea if you meant to or not, but that is the message you sent to everyone who down voted you. So really the question remains, are you trying to be dismissive and disrespectful to the people you're talking to? Or are you just bad at communicating with people who you disagree with? https://xkcd.com/1984/ https://xkcd.com/1984/