one should object to tendentious and question-begging formulations, to sneaking in connotations, and to presuming, in an unjustified way, that your view is correct and that any disagreement comes merely from your interlocutor having failed to understand your obviously correct view
is a strong argument for objecting to the median and modal Said comment.
If you see me doing any such things, you should definitely object to them.
As I do not in fact make a habit of doing such things, I have no fear of my median and/or modal comments falling afoul of such objections.
EDIT: Well. I guess I should amend this reply somewhat. In the counterfactual scenario where I were not banned from LessWrong, I would say the above. In actuality, it would obviously be unfair for you to object to any of my comments (by means of replying to them, say), as I would not be able to respond (and, as far as I know, there is no UI indicator along the lines of “user A has been banned, and thus cannot reply to this reply by user B to his comment”).
However, I welcome objections, criticisms, etc., in any public venue where I can respond, such as on Data Secrets Lox.
Just noting that
is a strong argument for objecting to the median and modal Said comment.
If you see me doing any such things, you should definitely object to them.
As I do not in fact make a habit of doing such things, I have no fear of my median and/or modal comments falling afoul of such objections.
EDIT: Well. I guess I should amend this reply somewhat. In the counterfactual scenario where I were not banned from LessWrong, I would say the above. In actuality, it would obviously be unfair for you to object to any of my comments (by means of replying to them, say), as I would not be able to respond (and, as far as I know, there is no UI indicator along the lines of “user A has been banned, and thus cannot reply to this reply by user B to his comment”).
However, I welcome objections, criticisms, etc., in any public venue where I can respond, such as on Data Secrets Lox.