The concept of discourse. You're running around removing things that you don't think are worthy of being seen by civilized eyes. In doing so, you're shutting down conversations and you're trying to generate an entire generation of men who have never seen a stupid argument or how to respond to it.
Asking people to be respectful and attack the argument not the person is not asking too much. There are plenty of other places people can attack eachother, this is not one of them.
"Please be respectful" is the eternal excuse that the man in power uses to hang the man without power from a tree. He looks at his corpse hanging there and explains: "He was inadequately respectful."
No, you're just winding a roll of duct tape around the mouths of people who might actually have something important to say; but you consider them beneath you.
This was one of the main reasons for the American Revolution. This is one of the main reasons the United States even exists; because the British would sneer and wrap tape around the mouths of anyone they considered beneath them.
The concept of discourse. You're running around removing things that you don't think are worthy of being seen by civilized eyes. In doing so, you're shutting down conversations and you're trying to generate an entire generation of men who have never seen a stupid argument or how to respond to it.
Asking people to be respectful and attack the argument not the person is not asking too much. There are plenty of other places people can attack eachother, this is not one of them.
"Please be respectful" is the eternal excuse that the man in power uses to hang the man without power from a tree. He looks at his corpse hanging there and explains: "He was inadequately respectful."
I'm not murdering people, be reasonable.
No, you're just winding a roll of duct tape around the mouths of people who might actually have something important to say; but you consider them beneath you.
This was one of the main reasons for the American Revolution. This is one of the main reasons the United States even exists; because the British would sneer and wrap tape around the mouths of anyone they considered beneath them.