Why do people on the internet trot out the line "respect must be earned" as if that's self-evidently true? It isn't.
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@PhilosophyExp Only speaking for myself: if your ideas are stupid or you act like a twit, I'm not going to pretend otherwise. /1
@blondgecko But that's entirely compatible with a default position of respect (i.e., something to be lost).
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@PhilosophyExp Imagine "respect" as a sliding scale from 1 to -1. My default position would be zero, and constantly shifts with interaction -
@blondgecko Do you not think there is merit, for example, in a default assumption that one's interlocutor is discussing in good faith? 1/2 -
@PhilosophyExp I think a neutral stance is compatible with that. -
@blondgecko Neutral wouldn't privilege good faith over bad faith. It would be suspicion.
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@PhilosophyExp That's an interesting way of putting it. Guess I'd call my default position neutral.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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