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army1987 comments on In Defense of Tone Arguments - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 March 2013 04:25:42PM 1 point [-]

Yelling at people is high-status. Talking with people politely signals respecting them as equals.

I think that in certain cases (e.g. when your opponent is already very low status) it's the other way round.

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