(November 18, 2018 at 7:14 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(November 18, 2018 at 6:37 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: There is generally little to do with honesty when it comes to asking for civility, for that matter.
I'm pretty sure (if I'm reading my own feelings accurately) that when I ask for civility I'm not asking to abandon honesty.
I want to hear: "I disagree with you for these three reasons:_____" and not, "Go and die you motherfucker." I wouldn't even call the latter response honest -- just a kind of phatic burst.
I very much agree with you here.
Just a note, but I think that swearing was part of the rules of the section. I don't necessarily agree with it, particularly because of the context in a case like this, as opposed to one in your latter example.
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