tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post153647300455646721..comments2024-02-24T00:25:39.415-08:00Comments on Examined Worlds: Ten Rules for Public Discourse as Internet Comments SectionEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-65516047319476621812024-01-20T01:17:36.437-08:002024-01-20T01:17:36.437-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kevin Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357277201575671005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-10971142466360923392018-12-31T22:51:36.159-08:002018-12-31T22:51:36.159-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.saadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268916220539938415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-35125880840338261652018-11-17T06:17:07.826-08:002018-11-17T06:17:07.826-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jims lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385507354598354902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-69461954349488385852017-03-15T12:40:43.929-07:002017-03-15T12:40:43.929-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Best SEO Providehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242001239233261960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-73671388493335483072017-03-02T22:14:40.151-08:002017-03-02T22:14:40.151-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014395427493795834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-73060195591223931362017-02-03T06:34:01.240-08:002017-02-03T06:34:01.240-08:00Thanks for the comment. I generally avoid comment...Thanks for the comment. I generally avoid comment sections for the reasons you're giving. I have been relatively lucky in my own comment sections on this blog to have mostly civil commenters such as yourself!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-46506383329995712272017-02-03T00:12:54.986-08:002017-02-03T00:12:54.986-08:00I learned a while back that often times the commen...I learned a while back that often times the comment sections are all about who can get the last word in regardless if their approach has any sufficient merit. People can be dogmatic in their approach and will double down in their argument even in the face of reason. If people cannot be civil and insist on turning things into a digital shouting match online, then I see little that can come from engaging in comment sections of various forums.Deronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737112016867863064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-85947092387076653962017-01-13T07:29:55.736-08:002017-01-13T07:29:55.736-08:00I've had very similar experiences. And what I...I've had very similar experiences. And what I've found most alarming in the last year or so is that these sorts of tendencies are becoming the standard outside of comments sections where they might do more damage. For all their bluster online, I doubt those Rush Limbaugh fans were going to step away from their computers and actually start a civil war. But now we seem to be moving toward a culture of public discourse where those sorts of comments have real consequences. That can't be good.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your civil and thoughtful comments. I appreciate it!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-85171486057157809372017-01-13T01:55:04.981-08:002017-01-13T01:55:04.981-08:00Yeah, I made the mistake of reading the comment se...Yeah, I made the mistake of reading the comment section on a NPR news story once. It had to do with a grassroots boycott of Rush Limbaugh sponsors after he had made outrageous and sexist statements about a woman. Many of the commenters were ready for civil war since they viewed the boycott as an attempt to stifle Rush's First Amendment rights. <br /><br />And on the other hand I made a comment disagreeing with some of my liberal comrades over military expenditures a few years back and was called some seriously nasty names. Many of these internet friends blocked me on Facebook over my opinion that it might be better to bite the bullet and purchase a good number of the expensive F-22 fighters to maintain air superiority.<br /><br />The basic human instinct to so easily abandon rational discourse and go straight for mob thinking is quite disturbing. It doesn't say much for our species. <br /><br /> Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.com