Holding you to it!I'm sorry about that comment. I apologise to you, the mods, and the site. I was drunk, and as you said, despairing. That's not an excuse, but rather to say I recognise this isn't the place to be when drunk! No more drunk philosophy from me! Sorry. — counterpunch
No, what "holds a philosophy discussion forum together" is a measure of commitment by its members to a very specific tradition of discussing things in a specific way. — baker
How did you get to that from what I was saying?So you're saying without that, conversation without politics is always divisive and negative? — FlaccidDoor
No, but it seems to be one of the few venues where the divisive effects of political conversations seem to have minimum effect on the social coherence between the people. But again, a philosophy discussion forum is a very specific kind of community, one that is specifically intended to accomodate those divisive effects. Whereas other communities normally aren't.So you're asserting that only the philosophy forum is an exception to the divisive effects of political conversations?
How did you get to that from what I was saying? — baker
a philosophy discussion forum is a very specific kind of community, one that is specifically intended to accomodate those divisive effects — baker
No more drunk philosophy from me! — counterpunch
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