Because politics is the mind-killer and almost every single conversation about pickup artistry immediately becomes infested with politically-charged claims.
I actually feel like the last time it came up the discussion was really constructive- what began as a near flame war ended up as a friendly and informative discussion (see, in particular, Hughristik’s comments).
It’s like that discussion about the correlation between race and intelligence that went to hell in a handbasket not long ago.
In this case the initiator was pretty clearly either biased or unable to communicate his reasons. He also used unsavory tactics. But I thought the discussion outside that particular poster was quite good: fair-minded and rational.
These few insightful posts have been the exception—most comments on PUA here have been much more incendiary.
I think that depends on how you count. Most times PUA has been brought up, it has gone quietly, but the threads that have gone badly have generated a lot of comments.
I didn’t say you had. But given that you’ve managed to inflame tempers with nothing but your meta-comments in this post, I think “inflammatory” is justified.
I actually feel like the last time it came up the discussion was really constructive- what began as a near flame war ended up as a friendly and informative discussion (see, in particular, Hughristik’s comments).
In this case the initiator was pretty clearly either biased or unable to communicate his reasons. He also used unsavory tactics. But I thought the discussion outside that particular poster was quite good: fair-minded and rational.
As I said to NancyLebovitz:
These few insightful posts have been the exception—most comments on PUA here have been much more incendiary.
roland hasn’t shown any sign of being noninflammatory on the subject, much less insightful.
I think that depends on how you count. Most times PUA has been brought up, it has gone quietly, but the threads that have gone badly have generated a lot of comments.
I concede that I have performed no analysis of the distribution.
I don’t remember ever writing much on the subject of PU, except the meta-comments in this post. Prove me wrong please?
I didn’t say you had. But given that you’ve managed to inflame tempers with nothing but your meta-comments in this post, I think “inflammatory” is justified.
And btw, I wonder why you had to bring up my name here? You seem to have some personal issues.
There’s no shortage of names to be brought up on that score. I only mentioned yours because it was you specifically I was talking to at the time.