Well, I must say my comment’s belligerence-to-subject-matter ratio is lower than yours. “Stamped out”? Such martial language, I can barely focus on the informational content.
The infantile nature of my name calling actually makes it easier to take the holier-than-thou position (which my interlocutor did, incidentally). There’s a counter-intuitive psychological layer to it which actually encourages dissent, and with it increases engagement on the subject matter (your own comment nonwithstanding). With certain individuals at least, which I (correctly) deemed to be the case in the original instance.
In any case, comments on tone alone would be more welcome if accompanied with more remarks on the subject matter itself. Lastly, this was my first comment in over 2 months, so thanks for bringing me out of the woodwork!
I do wish that people were more immune to the allure of drama, lest we all end up like The Donald.
Well, I must say my comment’s belligerence-to-subject-matter ratio is lower than yours. “Stamped out”? Such martial language, I can barely focus on the informational content.
The infantile nature of my name calling actually makes it easier to take the holier-than-thou position (which my interlocutor did, incidentally). There’s a counter-intuitive psychological layer to it which actually encourages dissent, and with it increases engagement on the subject matter (your own comment nonwithstanding). With certain individuals at least, which I (correctly) deemed to be the case in the original instance.
In any case, comments on tone alone would be more welcome if accompanied with more remarks on the subject matter itself. Lastly, this was my first comment in over 2 months, so thanks for bringing me out of the woodwork!
I do wish that people were more immune to the allure of drama, lest we all end up like The Donald.