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”aghast, maybe, but not at the level of "you fucking jerk”

😂 Chris if you or anybody else wrote this to somebody here I’d cancel their membership. This is not the bar I’m aiming to clear.

This isn’t most online forums. That’s the point. Otherwise I’d just invite people to chat on Twitter. Most online forums are toxic, combative places. And they rely on moderators to go around removing messages and closing conversations that got too nasty.

I have no intention of becoming a full time moderator. So I’m expecting all of the mature adults here to moderate themselves. By which I just mean speaking to people with a basic level of politeness and generosity if spirit.

Again, if I thought you were simply incapable of this, that would be a different conversation. But I know you are. As I said, you do it with many of the commenters here, but not with others.

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