@boodleoops @PhilosophyExp It is if it is imposed on the powerless. Then it gives the powerful immunity to spew nonsense.
@svenosaurus @boodleoops Just not true. The idea that one cannot express resistance, anger without resorting to name calling is... wrong.
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@PhilosophyExp@boodleoops But namecalling not the only "uncivil" act. Not polite to say someone's idea is stupid, even if true. But needed. -
@svenosaurus@boodleoops discourse would think such a thing. It's telling people to die in a fire, and calling them misogynists that's the -
@PhilosophyExp@boodleoops I agree w/U about particular case, but making gen. point on how "civility" can be a tool of power entrenchment. -
@svenosaurus@boodleoops Incivility can also be a tool of power entrenchment, because safety valve - cf punk rock, for example.
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@PhilosophyExp@boodleoops Good example is Paul Krugman vs. "Very Serious People". VSP have no arguments, so complain PK is rude. -
@svenosaurus@boodleoops problem. VSP is rhetoric - can be problematic. I don't believe there are no arguments. There are always arguments.
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