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<blockquote data-quote="Ethan N" data-source="post: 3235884" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>Well, not no one. To be fair, the problem probably seems worse to me than it actually is purely because it bothers me so much when I see it. But whenever stuff like this happens there are people who say things like “he’s nothing but an attention whore.” There’s always a near <strong>obsessive</strong> flurry of name-calling and making fun of the subject’s desire for attention. To me, dismissive posts like those are a pretty clear suggestion that his “speech” is either not worth addressing thoughtfully or doesn’t exist at all and he’s only in it for attention. That’s the kind of thing I meant when I talked about denying he has a message. Nothing wrong with jokes, but if a demeaning joke is all someone has to contribute, they ought to think twice. There are always people posting various thoughtful perspectives, but I don’t think they are generally the majority. You usually have some pretty good comments to share, but even your last post about him being a publicity hound or a goofball seemed pretty dismissive of his motives, hence my response. Here’s a selection of some posts that I think are also “pure grandstanding” and others that just contain unhelpfully dismissive comments…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan N, post: 3235884, member: 29267"] Well, not no one. To be fair, the problem probably seems worse to me than it actually is purely because it bothers me so much when I see it. But whenever stuff like this happens there are people who say things like “he’s nothing but an attention whore.” There’s always a near [B]obsessive[/B] flurry of name-calling and making fun of the subject’s desire for attention. To me, dismissive posts like those are a pretty clear suggestion that his “speech” is either not worth addressing thoughtfully or doesn’t exist at all and he’s only in it for attention. That’s the kind of thing I meant when I talked about denying he has a message. Nothing wrong with jokes, but if a demeaning joke is all someone has to contribute, they ought to think twice. There are always people posting various thoughtful perspectives, but I don’t think they are generally the majority. You usually have some pretty good comments to share, but even your last post about him being a publicity hound or a goofball seemed pretty dismissive of his motives, hence my response. Here’s a selection of some posts that I think are also “pure grandstanding” and others that just contain unhelpfully dismissive comments… [/QUOTE]
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