I wondered if that was the exchange you were referring to and decided that you probably weren’t intending to argue for a 9/11 conspiracy theory so I started wondering what future post you were ‘softening us up’ for. That’s why I think the lack of specifics detracts from the post. I was so busy wondering what you were planning to try and persuade us of that it distracted from the explicit message of the post.
I’m not softening you up for anything. I don’t believe in anything that I’d expect people to react to in this way. It bothers me when folks do it to others. Do you think I should add this disclaimer to the post? Would it help?
It would probably have meant I was less distracted wondering what specific theory this post was laying the groundwork for, yes. I actually thought this was groundwork for something relating to SIAI—I’m not so sure you (or anyone here really) don’t believe certain things in this class of idea.
Isn’t it sad that you had to add this disclaimer? I’m not arguing you shouldn’t have done it, unfortunately I tend to agree that it was the right thing to do.
But, shouldn’t the post be judged on its own merit? Would it be looked at with different eyes if you wrote the disclaimer “I believe in conspiracy theories and I’m softening you up now.”
I wondered if that was the exchange you were referring to and decided that you probably weren’t intending to argue for a 9/11 conspiracy theory so I started wondering what future post you were ‘softening us up’ for. That’s why I think the lack of specifics detracts from the post. I was so busy wondering what you were planning to try and persuade us of that it distracted from the explicit message of the post.
I’m not softening you up for anything. I don’t believe in anything that I’d expect people to react to in this way. It bothers me when folks do it to others. Do you think I should add this disclaimer to the post? Would it help?
I’m not sure a disclaimer would be rhetorically convincing—it reads to me like your article is building towards a conclusion that never arrives.
It would probably have meant I was less distracted wondering what specific theory this post was laying the groundwork for, yes. I actually thought this was groundwork for something relating to SIAI—I’m not so sure you (or anyone here really) don’t believe certain things in this class of idea.
Added the disclaimer.
Isn’t it sad that you had to add this disclaimer? I’m not arguing you shouldn’t have done it, unfortunately I tend to agree that it was the right thing to do.
But, shouldn’t the post be judged on its own merit? Would it be looked at with different eyes if you wrote the disclaimer “I believe in conspiracy theories and I’m softening you up now.”