Given that this is your point of view, it is not possible for me to discuss this topic with you.
I cannot psychologically afford to have a bunch of people here calling me “extremely offensive”. That isn’t how I see myself. I’m not one of those people. A comment such as yours is already very distressing to me. Yet, it is now clear to me that if I were to honestly express myself, this is exactly what I would have to expect: more of this.
I stand to gain almost nothing from wading further into this minefield, and on the other hand risk losing almost everything. Except as incidental to other matters, on the topic of sex and gender on LW, I am officially finished.
I was offended by your original comment, but I don’t want you to think that I translated being offended by your comment into finding you offensive. I’ve certainly found you reasonable, and you haven’t yet seemed intentionally hostile. I don’t by any stretch of the imagination consider you one of those people; if I did, I don’t think I would feel that conversing with you would have any point.
I certainly understand you wanting to be finished with this topic. After being downvoted for nearly all my comments on this thread, I’ve begun to feel very unwelcome here, so I should probably take a break from this topic as well. Also, despite the fact that I feel like I’ve been arguing with you, I don’t feel like you have been involved in making me feel unwelcome.
After being downvoted for nearly all my comments on this thread, I’ve begun to feel very unwelcome here
Don’t give too much weight to early downvotes; they reflect only the opinion of the most active users, not necessarily most users. I’ve found it’s best to give it a few days to see what LW in the large really thinks of what you said, and early trends sometimes reverse themselves on controversial topics.
My experience is similar. On especially controversial or social-political subjects I’ve sometimes found an early downvote to be a predictor of a higher later karma score, a far cry from a negative spiral.
I’m not feeling any too pleased with myself or the world, either.
I very tentatively suggest that this sort of discussion is made more awful than necessary (for all participants) to the extent that they think it’s urgent to convince other people faster than one can reasonably expect for them to be convinced.
I stand to gain almost nothing from wading further into this minefield, and on the other hand risk losing almost everything. Except as incidental to other matters, on the topic of sex and gender on LW, I am officially finished.
Kompo not being willing to discuss this ‘minefield’ of a topic on LW which is an indicator that other people will be similarly discouraged. If he and people like him aren’t able to participate in the conversation we lose valuable perspective. I know, lets create another site where people like kompo will feel free to contribute!
Is someone stopping you? What obstacle to your progress can I remove so I can stop seeing complaints about it?
There is no complaint here. I am taking the opportunity to encourage XFrequentist to follow through with his proposal. I get the impression that he or she is better suited to the social engineering required to make the system a success. Since XFrequentist has actually made moves to test for support and interest he or she seems like the perfect person to take the lead here. I would, of course, be willing and able to provide technical support and hosting.
This is what this whole post was about. The tangent is, Cthulu forbid, interjecting something on topic.
Ok, nobody is going to win any Tony awards for acting ability in this little bit of street theater. Isn’t it time to lower the curtain on this turkey and let the narrator come onstage and explain to the audience wtf the moral of this production was supposed to be?
Ok, nobody is going to win any Tony awards for acting ability in this little bit of street theater. Isn’t it time to lower the curtain on this turkey and let the narrator come onstage and explain to the audience wtf the moral of this production was supposed to be?
Given that this is your point of view, it is not possible for me to discuss this topic with you.
I cannot psychologically afford to have a bunch of people here calling me “extremely offensive”. That isn’t how I see myself. I’m not one of those people. A comment such as yours is already very distressing to me. Yet, it is now clear to me that if I were to honestly express myself, this is exactly what I would have to expect: more of this.
I stand to gain almost nothing from wading further into this minefield, and on the other hand risk losing almost everything. Except as incidental to other matters, on the topic of sex and gender on LW, I am officially finished.
Now, as they say, off to buy some strychnine....
I was offended by your original comment, but I don’t want you to think that I translated being offended by your comment into finding you offensive. I’ve certainly found you reasonable, and you haven’t yet seemed intentionally hostile. I don’t by any stretch of the imagination consider you one of those people; if I did, I don’t think I would feel that conversing with you would have any point.
I certainly understand you wanting to be finished with this topic. After being downvoted for nearly all my comments on this thread, I’ve begun to feel very unwelcome here, so I should probably take a break from this topic as well. Also, despite the fact that I feel like I’ve been arguing with you, I don’t feel like you have been involved in making me feel unwelcome.
Don’t give too much weight to early downvotes; they reflect only the opinion of the most active users, not necessarily most users. I’ve found it’s best to give it a few days to see what LW in the large really thinks of what you said, and early trends sometimes reverse themselves on controversial topics.
My experience is similar. On especially controversial or social-political subjects I’ve sometimes found an early downvote to be a predictor of a higher later karma score, a far cry from a negative spiral.
I’m not feeling any too pleased with myself or the world, either.
I very tentatively suggest that this sort of discussion is made more awful than necessary (for all participants) to the extent that they think it’s urgent to convince other people faster than one can reasonably expect for them to be convinced.
Kompo not being willing to discuss this ‘minefield’ of a topic on LW which is an indicator that other people will be similarly discouraged. If he and people like him aren’t able to participate in the conversation we lose valuable perspective. I know, lets create another site where people like kompo will feel free to contribute!
Is someone stopping you? What obstacle to your progress can I remove so I can stop seeing complaints about it?
There is no complaint here. I am taking the opportunity to encourage XFrequentist to follow through with his proposal. I get the impression that he or she is better suited to the social engineering required to make the system a success. Since XFrequentist has actually made moves to test for support and interest he or she seems like the perfect person to take the lead here. I would, of course, be willing and able to provide technical support and hosting.
This is what this whole post was about. The tangent is, Cthulu forbid, interjecting something on topic.
Ok, nobody is going to win any Tony awards for acting ability in this little bit of street theater. Isn’t it time to lower the curtain on this turkey and let the narrator come onstage and explain to the audience wtf the moral of this production was supposed to be?
The moral is clear… we need to create a… ;)