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Originally Posted by Taf
Some have their own definition of "friendly debate", i.e. "Anything you say against my view is unfriendly".
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This is something I personally really despise, passive aggression.
There is just something about people who claim to be the "reasonable" one in a debate, regardless of their views, and instead turns matters into tone policing rather than debating subjects at hand.
If a viewpoint is sound it doesn't matter who said it, argue the facts in a sound, reasonable way and do not argue the personality behind it.
The internet, and especially forums were designed so people actually could do this, instead people depict others as caricatures of what they hate, in order to attempt to discredit others views. Instead of forgetting the people behind debates, people use projections instead and lose sight of what, or who, they are debating with.
Good discussion can be hand online, it just needs clear and strong moderation, which is the same as any form of debate. Anyone who has went to a council meeting, or debating forum in person will know that without a good chair, things just turn into a shouting match, rather than a debate as volume, rather than quality becomes the metric of measurement. This is exactly what happens online too. The loudest will get most attention if left to it, in any form of expression.