Baiting and switching by declaring Crocker’s rules then shaming and condescending when they do not meet your standard of politeness could legitimately be considered a manipulative social ploy.
I didn’t consider Crocker’s rules at all when reading nyan’s comment and it still didn’t seem at all inappropriate. You being outraged at the ‘vulgarity’ of the phrase “damsel in distress crap” is a problem with your excess sensitivity and not with the phrase. As far as I’m concerned “damsel in distress crap” is positively gentle. I would have used “martyrdom bullshit” (but then I also use bullshit as a technical term).
Crocker’s rules is about how people speak to you. But for all it is a reply about your comment nyan wasn’t even talking to you. He was talking to the lesswrong readers warning them about perceived traps they are falling into when engaging with your comment.
Like it or not people tend to reciprocate disrespect with disrespect. While you kept your comment superficially civil and didn’t use the word ‘crap’ you did essentially call everyone here a bunch of sexist Christian hating bullies. Why would you expect people to be nice to you when you treat them like that?
Cousin it’s comment doesn’t leave much room for doubt.
Baiting and switching by declaring Crocker’s rules then shaming and condescending when they do not meet your standard of politeness could legitimately be considered a manipulative social ploy.
I didn’t consider Crocker’s rules at all when reading nyan’s comment and it still didn’t seem at all inappropriate. You being outraged at the ‘vulgarity’ of the phrase “damsel in distress crap” is a problem with your excess sensitivity and not with the phrase. As far as I’m concerned “damsel in distress crap” is positively gentle. I would have used “martyrdom bullshit” (but then I also use bullshit as a technical term).
Crocker’s rules is about how people speak to you. But for all it is a reply about your comment nyan wasn’t even talking to you. He was talking to the lesswrong readers warning them about perceived traps they are falling into when engaging with your comment.
Like it or not people tend to reciprocate disrespect with disrespect. While you kept your comment superficially civil and didn’t use the word ‘crap’ you did essentially call everyone here a bunch of sexist Christian hating bullies. Why would you expect people to be nice to you when you treat them like that?