It’s not just a meta issue. The way it’s written has a big impact on how to engage with it.
In general I I’ve noticed that I have a very hard time reading things that are written in a polemical, condescending, insulting, or ridiculing manner. This is particularly true of course if the target is a group / person / idea that I happen to like. But even if it’s written by someone on “my side” I find I have a hard time getting myself to read it. There have been several times when I’ve been told I should really go read a certain book, blog, article, etc., and that it has important content I should know about, but I couldn’t get myself to read the whole thing due to the polemical or insulting way in which it was written.
I dealt with this by reading it and trying to be critical. The comment this produced was (predictably) downvoted.
It’s not just a meta issue. The way it’s written has a big impact on how to engage with it.
I dealt with this by reading it and trying to be critical. The comment this produced was (predictably) downvoted.