On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 02:56:36PM -0700, Dan Harkins wrote: > On 4/6/21 12:43 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > There is a difference between extreme views and extreme methods. > > > > I am an absolutist on certain issues but I have never instigated the use > > of force or put my opponents in a position where they have no option but > > to use force for self protection. > > It's not about use of force. It's how you are characterizing the debate > as the "good, pure, moral people like me" and the "bigots, morons, and > troglodytes like the other." > > That kind of language is very divisive and it just makes people angry. > No one likes being called a bigot, no one likes having their motives > questioned (e.g. "language was used to intentionally denigrate people"), > and if you have to spend your time telling everyone how moral, polite, > and educated you are it's probably because you're not. In today's cancel culture, being called such a name is intimidating as well. Let's avoid intimidation and bullying please. > > It was abundantly obvious to which political party I was referring to in > > this instance. > > There are no political parties here. +1
