the Slate Star Codex comments policy is a failure because it punishes unnecessary rudeness but not unnecessary moralization.
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Rudeness degrades a conversation; moralization destroys it.
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The most natural self-defense to someone getting moralistic at you is to tell them to go fuck themselves, which is rude and thus illegal.
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@admittedlyhuman Rudeness, like many weapons, is useful in some hands and more strongly anti-useful in other hands.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@admittedlyhuman If it's legalized, it should be by an authority that discriminates between hands, and has good taste.
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