RCicala wrote:
I agree it\'s worse the last few years and agree that it\'s not FM. It seems to just be society.
We could have a whole interesting discussion about the negative (and positive) ramifications of moving a large portion of our personal interactions from the real world to the virtual world of online discussion, and the negative (and arguably) positive effects of anonymity.
In my non-forum life, I am a college faculty member, and I see the same or similar effects on my students and their ability (or not) to engage complex subjects and look beyond hair-trigger initial responses and consider things more deeply before resorting to attacks on the character of those they don\'t understand or with whom they disagree.
Things become very difficult and nasty when having a point of view or expressing an opinion is regarded as a personal attack worthy of escalation.
Dan
Jan 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM
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