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It is not my job to sell the other side. It is my job to be respectful of the fact that the other side exists, and to be reasonable to it, not hostile and mocki
by tiredofcareer 14y ago
It is not my job to sell the other side. It is my job to be respectful of the fact that the other side exists, and to be reasonable to it, not hostile and mocking.
Imagine if you had a minor quibble with the Code of Conduct. You're now going to reconsider even bringing it up here, because someone's already mocked your potential argument disingenuously, and undermined any conversation that might be had.
It lowers the tone of discourse, and I see it too often. Rings of "if you disagree with me, you're a Communist".
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- tiredofcareer 14y agoI think it's necessary to respect all points of view and defeat them with traditional means. By all means, consider it absurd. Don't put mocking words in their mouths as parfe has done, nor categorize them unfairly; let them speak for themselves, and defeat the argument when it's presented. That's how discourse works. I am rapidly tiring of efforts to the contrary, especially among people here and in the industry.