We don't particularly valorize "good manners" these days, but a lot of bad behavior online is a basic failure in that department.
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Replying to @KevinSimler
Earnest Q: How much of the overzealotry of SJWs (for example) should be attributed to bad manners? Some? None? All?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler I actually had some thoughts on this a while ago: Manners are thrown in the trash by their association with old power structure1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@KevinSimler You can find a lot of overt arguments talking about this: Respectability Politics, debates about grammar as a barrier to entry2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin totally. And those people have a point: manners are used for elitism/social gatekeeping :(. But they're also v. useful1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler What they miss out on are game theoretic reasons to keep to common manners even if the opponent benefits from them1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@KevinSimler a lot of attempts at creating a new form of how to interact with strangers are unstable or simply have lots of vulnerabilities2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@drethelin yeah the standard package has been pretty thoroughly battle-tested and -hardened
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