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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I guess you're saying you don't understand the argument.
I'll agree to disagree with you. I don't think the word moron automatically dooms the chance of a thread to be civil.
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I'm not sure why you keep bringing me up when I said I'd rather discuss this via PM as it's not on-point with the thread (and as another poster can attest, we have politely continued this discussion via PM).
I guess you're saying
you don't understand the argument. It has been demonstrated that "moron" is an insult, and one that can only be subjectively applied (i.e. opinion). The point, for me at least, isn't that the use of the word "moron" "automatically dooms" the possibility of civility. You keep insisting on that, when I don't think anyone is arguing it. That may be why it seems to you no one is "refuting your arguments" - because you're mischaracterizing what's being said. What using the word "moron" does do, in my opinion, is set up a tone of opinion and derogatory discussion about the topic-at-hand. It's not fact, and it's not objective; it's entirely subjective and rhetoric based.
Here, if not for the moderation comment, I doubt Agamemnon or I say anything. But it came up, with a warning for everyone to behave. My argument has always been that the mods can't have it both ways. They can't allow those threads to be created with language that could lead to further derogatory language, and then try to control the tone that follows.