Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Friday, March 21, 2025

Books...


Other than books about math, science, or any other “settled facts” (i.e., schooling-type books), aren’t all other books just someone’s point of view; someone making an argument from their perspective? Might they even be seen as a form of attempted propaganda?

If so, can such books be seen as "dangerous," depending on the author’s motive? 

And who will be the check on their potential Dark Free Speech influence? Is a book full of subjective lies just another case for the promoting of free speech, much like social media’s threat of DFS?

Is a book “good” if you agree with it, and “bad” if you don’t?

Talk about “books.”

(by PrimalSoup)