> I don't see what I wrote as a willful misinterpretation.
You were acting exasperated that I mentioned race but the example I chose wasn't relevant to the discussion. Apologies for choosing a contentious subject but in my defence you did write.
> This seems to be the final argument nowadays when all else fails.
Where you are stating my points have all failed and I'm grasping at straws: RUDE.
> I don't really care about downvotes or upvotes or any other fake internet validation of my value.
Neither do I and you're missing the point if you interpret it as karma-whoring. The point isn't you and isn't me, its the impact on the readers, the lurkers, on the 80% (us that write comments are always a minority) and if spread broadly enough: society. Its an outcome that prizes public consensus of a view over its voracity and I think that's a poor guideline to have in the coffee shops of the modern era.
You were acting exasperated that I mentioned race but the example I chose wasn't relevant to the discussion. Apologies for choosing a contentious subject but in my defence you did write.
> This seems to be the final argument nowadays when all else fails.
Where you are stating my points have all failed and I'm grasping at straws: RUDE.
> I don't really care about downvotes or upvotes or any other fake internet validation of my value.
Neither do I and you're missing the point if you interpret it as karma-whoring. The point isn't you and isn't me, its the impact on the readers, the lurkers, on the 80% (us that write comments are always a minority) and if spread broadly enough: society. Its an outcome that prizes public consensus of a view over its voracity and I think that's a poor guideline to have in the coffee shops of the modern era.