Constructing a memetically safe space is … dangerous.
Sure. It’s just as well no one is proposing to do that.
The situation here is as follows. The OP is really bad, for several different reasons. Nancy made a comment that rather vaguely suggested that she might invoke her moderatorial powers somehow if the author didn’t justify some of what he wrote. But now you’re pointing to one of the things I say is bad about the OP and saying “it would be bad to ban people for just this”. Yup, it would, but no one was suggesting that.
I never suggested anything like “constructing a memetically safe space”. You might want to consider the possibility that some of the ridiculousness is of your own making.
If you can’t keep from commenting on things that are immaterial to the matter at hand in your arguments, you can’t complain when other people assume that the things you comment on are material to the matter at hand to you, and treat your arguments as such.
Is that reductio ad absurdum applied to basilisks..? X-D
Constructing a memetically safe space is… dangerous.
Sure. It’s just as well no one is proposing to do that.
The situation here is as follows. The OP is really bad, for several different reasons. Nancy made a comment that rather vaguely suggested that she might invoke her moderatorial powers somehow if the author didn’t justify some of what he wrote. But now you’re pointing to one of the things I say is bad about the OP and saying “it would be bad to ban people for just this”. Yup, it would, but no one was suggesting that.
Actually, no. I’m pointing to one of the thing you say is bad about OP and saying “You’re being ridiculous. Stop digging.”
I never suggested anything like “constructing a memetically safe space”. You might want to consider the possibility that some of the ridiculousness is of your own making.
If you can’t keep from commenting on things that are immaterial to the matter at hand in your arguments, you can’t complain when other people assume that the things you comment on are material to the matter at hand to you, and treat your arguments as such.
Fortunately, I am not complaining about that.