Global socio-economic crisis. People's energy and attention are more focused on making ends meet and making it through the day.What I do notice is that the tolerance towards sharp debate has gone down. It is a society wide trend I feel so nothing different here than in reel life. The ad homs and the snide remarks were all there back in the day as much as now, but the hurt or indignation against them was less.
— Tobias
Now that you have drawn my attention to this, I think you are quite on the mark. So the question arrises, why should this be so? — Banno
Not all ad hominems are fallacious:...those who do not respond to the criticism, but instead to the criticiser. — Banno
Now that you have drawn my attention to this, I think you are quite on the mark. So the question arises, why should this be so? — Banno
As for my own normative position on this (not that it matters but anyway)... — Tobias
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