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OrphanWilde comments on In Defense of Tone Arguments - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: OrphanWilde 19 July 2012 07:48PM

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 20 July 2012 01:50:54PM 3 points [-]

I'd argue that it's more a warning sign about an author that they're incapable of being tone-neutral about a subject.

Having difficulty reading past an extremely hostile tone, particularly about a matter sensitive to you, is -human-. Having difficulty being civil to a group you have an -honest- intellectual disagreement with, less so.