Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Liberals and Verbal Aggression - Rules for Comments
Regarding an ad hominem attack comment made in the lesbian tuxedo saga, the greatly courageous anonymous poster started her comment with:
Personal ad hominem attacks are not allowed in comments.
You have your views and you are welcome to write them out here as long as you leave out your shoddy personal attack behavior. Because you see things differently, it does not give you the right to call me names or other insults in this manner.
You are an evil stupid person - is something I could say to you, but this type of direct personal aggression is not allowed here. I can write back a reply to your arguments without directly insulting you with profanity or other heavy worded personal insults, and I do require that you do the same.
Saying something like "liberals are idiots or conservatives are idiots because of reasons A,B,C," although not the most ideal, is not the same as personally attacking someone in a crude fashion. It refers to criticizing views. Using satire and ridicule is not the same as an ad hominem attack. The first is based on arguments, the latter on lack of them. Words that range in the "cabbage head," "feather brain" tone category are different than the "you are a swear word/evil/horrible/monstrous" person category. Again, if it were just a stupid verbal aggression, even a "you are a cabbage head" would get deleted, but on rare occasions, it may be allowed.
I'll reply to how inconsistent your views are when I have a little time.
related entry:
Greg Koukl on the Intolerance of Tolerance.
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You are a horrible person.
Personal ad hominem attacks are not allowed in comments.
You have your views and you are welcome to write them out here as long as you leave out your shoddy personal attack behavior. Because you see things differently, it does not give you the right to call me names or other insults in this manner.
You are an evil stupid person - is something I could say to you, but this type of direct personal aggression is not allowed here. I can write back a reply to your arguments without directly insulting you with profanity or other heavy worded personal insults, and I do require that you do the same.
Saying something like "liberals are idiots or conservatives are idiots because of reasons A,B,C," although not the most ideal, is not the same as personally attacking someone in a crude fashion. It refers to criticizing views. Using satire and ridicule is not the same as an ad hominem attack. The first is based on arguments, the latter on lack of them. Words that range in the "cabbage head," "feather brain" tone category are different than the "you are a swear word/evil/horrible/monstrous" person category. Again, if it were just a stupid verbal aggression, even a "you are a cabbage head" would get deleted, but on rare occasions, it may be allowed.
I'll reply to how inconsistent your views are when I have a little time.
related entry:
Greg Koukl on the Intolerance of Tolerance.
.
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