But also, I think it’s false as a matter of simple fact to say that my only argument is the stupidity of LWers. That was an entirely tangential garnish of snark in my original post, and it wasn’t my decision to start focusing on it.
I agree that it was tangential to your point (it was much less so for that white nationalist guy); but that kind of thing—snark, accusations against the community in general, angry-sounding tone, etc. - are probably the biggest cause of the downvoting and deletion of your posts.
I agree that in an ideal world we should be able to look beyond such superficial things as tone and snarky side comments, and just focus on the meat and bones of the argument—but as things are there are still very good reasons to discourage distracting insults, and try to keep the discussion civil, les the discussion degenerates into one where only insults are exchanged.
I don’t think Crocker’s rules are supposed to apply to everybody here or to the community in general. And I don’t think calling it “honest criticism” makes anything acceptable.
I know I’ve downvoted several of your posts, and it was never for any argument related to feminism (I was interested in reading up on stuff like the kyriarchy (however you spell that) or intersectionality), but for saying stupid things about the community or about how you were going to be downvoted.
I agree that it was tangential to your point (it was much less so for that white nationalist guy); but that kind of thing—snark, accusations against the community in general, angry-sounding tone, etc. - are probably the biggest cause of the downvoting and deletion of your posts.
I agree that in an ideal world we should be able to look beyond such superficial things as tone and snarky side comments, and just focus on the meat and bones of the argument—but as things are there are still very good reasons to discourage distracting insults, and try to keep the discussion civil, les the discussion degenerates into one where only insults are exchanged.
I don’t think Crocker’s rules are supposed to apply to everybody here or to the community in general. And I don’t think calling it “honest criticism” makes anything acceptable.
I know I’ve downvoted several of your posts, and it was never for any argument related to feminism (I was interested in reading up on stuff like the kyriarchy (however you spell that) or intersectionality), but for saying stupid things about the community or about how you were going to be downvoted.
If I attached a prediction to it predictionbook-style, would you upvote, downvote, or be neutral?
My posts have been deleted? Interesting.
Mostly. They no longer appear in the threads in which you made them, but are still visible in your user history.