the Slate Star Codex comments policy is a failure because it punishes unnecessary rudeness but not unnecessary moralization.
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Well-kept gardens die by anarchotyranny.
@admittedlyhuman Rudeness, like many weapons, is useful in some hands and more strongly anti-useful in other hands.
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@MemberOfSpecies an armed society is a polite society -
@admittedlyhuman Endless back and forth insult duels are notoriously more common than endless back and forth gunfire duels. - 1 more reply
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@MemberOfSpecies it's not clear to me that the societies that would be better off banning rudeness can be saved anyway -
@MemberOfSpecies if there are enough people you can't trust with weapons, can you trust them with ideas?
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@admittedlyhuman If it's legalized, it should be by an authority that discriminates between hands, and has good taste.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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