@boodleoops @PhilosophyExp It is if it is imposed on the powerless. Then it gives the powerful immunity to spew nonsense.
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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
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@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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