(November 12, 2017 at 1:06 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(November 11, 2017 at 1:50 pm)shadow Wrote: I've noticed terms like 'republicunt' being throw around quite a lot on this forum, and I'm wondering what this accomplishes. Any time derogatory terms like this are used, it makes the argument ad-hominem instead of issue based, and I'm unlikely to find the point being made persuasive even if I'd normally agree with it. In fact, it almost discredits the source in my eyes because I see them as biased.
Even if you disagree with something or someone entirely, name-calling seems counterproductive, because it alienates the parties that you are discussing. It serves to build echo-chambers, and it never makes you more likely to hear a rational response.
Am I missing something? Is there any benefit to this style of discussion?
I simply chalk it up to childishness.
I agree. I have no problem with the use of the insults cunt, faggot, gay, retard, slow, blind, stupid, deaf, and so on, and to the people that are hurt by reading these words, maybe the internet is just not the place for you, but when someone is using those terms multiple times a day, they come off like an 8 year old who just learned those swear words and thinks they're being oh so cool by cursing so much.
That, and I also don't agree with just labeling all Republicans as cunts. Republican politicians? Sure, but that goes for the Dem politicians as well, and the independent ones, but Minimalist doesn't just hate the politicians. He has admitted to hating all Republicans.
