Another supremely dishonest and <expletive deleted> form of argument I see here is that when a poster posts a current step to an argument oftentimes some other poster will instead go further back into the thread to dig up something that was said much earlier to respond to, rather than additional supporting arguments made later that clarify the underlying reasons. Someone dug back 5 pages here to find something to respond to rather than to actually address the current topic, which at this moment has been the dividing line in separations of space, another thing you straw-man over.
One such argument is Bomb digging up an older post where I discussed that culture is not monolithic.
I don't know what goes on in your brain to make you think other posters are necessarily focused on whatever topic you happen to feel is "the" current topic. I didn't "dig up" an older post. As I worked through the backlog of other posters' posts to me that I had not yet replied to, I finally got to it. And since in your post
you trumped up a false baseless charge against me with malice and reckless disregard for the truth, I addressed it. If you think there's some sort of statute of limitations on libel here, think again. My post was addressing the post it quoted, not whatever topic you unilaterally decide is the topic we should all be talking about now. In case you are unclear about my priorities, let me put it in terms you're personally familiar with. I give exactly the same number of rats' asses about your opinion as to what we should be talking about now as the number of rats' asses you give about whether the accusations you make against other posters are true.
It's a free country, but it's a polite message board, Bomb. Either be polite or don't address me.
It is not a particularly polite message board and you are one of the top offenders. I'm polite to people who are polite to others. You claimed "My issue with your point of view is that it disregards my right to participate and use language as I and my own cosm of culture sees fit.". That was libelous. Now you claim my post is "Another supremely dishonest" "form of argument". That too is libelous. Libel is rude. There is no way to libel people politely. If you wish for this to become a polite message board,
stop libeling other posters.
That's what this is about. If someone on the street called me "he" pointedly or "le" snidely, I would say "they/them, please",
Well, in the first place, wow! You actually know the word "please"! Its use is not restricted to the street; you're actually allowed to say it here too.
In the second place, I didn't refer to you in Estonian "snidely"; I simply code-switched. If I'd wanted to be snide I would have picked Kurdish.
But in the third place, asking to be called "they/them" is asking for
special treatment. It's asking to be singled out for extra attention not afforded to the rest of us -- extra attention to be paid to an imagined form of specialness the asker probably cares a lot more about than the asked do. The rest of us typically find it a little irritating when Jane Doe "corrects" someone who calls her "Ms. Blow", with "Dr. Blow, please."; but our culture does have a social custom in place recognizing the smarts and diligence it takes to get through medical school as earning a measure of special treatment. So the question is, what have you done
to earn special treatment? What makes your request for special treatment (if it had been a request) more like that of a doctor wanting the lay folk to consciously acknowledge her M.D., and less like some jackass aristocrat asking to be called "his Lordship" because he wants the common folk to consciously acknowledge his lordship? That aristocrat is being rude to the common folk, even if he says "his Lordship, please".
and if they did not respond in polite deference to that then I would be able to post a recording of the incident to r/boomersbeingfools, and that individual, whoever they were, would likely feel their ears burning as they ought.
If you feel my lack of deference to one of my betters is something I ought be publicly shamed for, you have every right to inform r/boomersbeingfools of what I said. It kind of goes with your right to participate and use language as you and your own cosm of culture see fit.
Secondly, my only recent post here is on this line of argument: <snip>
And maybe I'll respond to that once I get to it. Hold your breath if you want. It's a safe bet that being unreasonable will get you bumped up to the front of the line.