Kevin Simler

@KevinSimler You can find a lot of overt arguments talking about this: Respectability Politics, debates about grammar as a barrier to entry

@KevinSimler But in fact SJWs are not un-mannered: They're trying to set up a different, conflicting system of manner norms to enforce.

@drethelin Makes me wonder: What if the system of manners I grew up with is fundamentally unsuited to a world with social media in it?

@KevinSimler an example I was thinking about the other day is "Venting", which classically is ok to do to your friends about a third party

@KevinSimler But the nature of social media means your venting might slur someone worldwide, or simply just reach their ears.

@drethelin Or deriding a "public figure" for some bad idea. I don't deride people in my social circle, but now our circles are widening...

@KevinSimler yeah. Classical distinctions what you can say in public/private erode because the line between public/private erodes.

@KevinSimler there's also this: http://drethelin.tumblr.com/post/123510208198/argumate-drethelin-part-of-the-problem-is … something that would be fine to say changes meaning when repeated 1000 times.