When being afraid of being punished, comments wouldn’t be my main fear. I prefer a charged open discussion above other ways of social punishment where people change their opinion about myself without the conflict being out in the open.
I don’t think think Qiaochu would like the effect of posting Overton Window violating things on this website, not getting negative feedback here but actually suffering socially as a result.
It would be very nice if it would be possible to violate the Overton Window without having to think about it, but it isn’t as easy.
When being afraid of being punished, comments wouldn’t be my main fear. I prefer a charged open discussion above other ways of social punishment where people change their opinion about myself without the conflict being out in the open.
That doesn’t address the fact that Qiaochu has a different instinctive reaction.
The goal of this proposal is to deal with the fact that different people are different.
I completely understand the instinct.
I don’t think think Qiaochu would like the effect of posting Overton Window violating things on this website, not getting negative feedback here but actually suffering socially as a result.
It would be very nice if it would be possible to violate the Overton Window without having to think about it, but it isn’t as easy.