Agreed, but Multiheaded’s full-throated sarcasm was a disproportionate response.
Not disputing that. I’m not sure what the “but” is doing there, though. Is the inappropriateness of VB’s comment somehow in tension with the inappropriateness of MH’s reply?
I feel like there’s less political poo flinging on LW now than there was a year ago and two years ago. But I have no firm evidence.
I’m delighted to hear that. I feel like there’s more, but I don’t trust my intuitions on the matter and haven’t looked into it in a reliable form, so evidence that I might be mistaken makes me feel better.
I’m not sure what the “but” is doing there, though. Is the inappropriateness of VB’s comment somehow in tension with the inappropriateness of MH’s reply?
Only rhetorically. I just wanted to emphasize that one needn’t endorse unequal strawmanning to find Multiheaded’s sarcasm unfair.
Not disputing that.
I’m not sure what the “but” is doing there, though.
Is the inappropriateness of VB’s comment somehow in tension with the inappropriateness of MH’s reply?
I’m delighted to hear that. I feel like there’s more, but I don’t trust my intuitions on the matter and haven’t looked into it in a reliable form, so evidence that I might be mistaken makes me feel better.
Only rhetorically. I just wanted to emphasize that one needn’t endorse unequal strawmanning to find Multiheaded’s sarcasm unfair.