does anybody else just say “no” out loud in a deadpan voice as they exit out of bad fic or is that just me
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The idea behind the tone argument is that it’s okay to be angry, and to have an opinion, and that being angry/having emotions doesn’t invalidate your argument.
HOWEVER, there is a culture online where the “tone argument” has been pulled out to mean ANY criticizing of someone’s tone, even if the person who’s being criticized is being an asshole or telling other people to go kill themselves.
Instead of validating the tone argument, this instead leads to a further culture of people who dismiss the tone argument as “something people use to get out of being called out for being an asshole” which is a shame, because the original tone argument is a lovely, wonderful thing.
Think of this example:
You have two protesters. One of them is passionate about their cause, the injustice that they see is making them angry. So they are there, protesting, talking about what’s going on, and debating. If someone came up to this protester and told them that their tone was off-putting, then hell yes tone argument!
Now say you have a second protester. This one is also angry, but they’re making sweeping generalizations, policing other people who are in the same boat, calling people names, insulting them, telling them to go [] themselves, and in general being an asshole. If someone came up to this protester and told them that their tone was off-putting, it would be because the other person is being a douche, and if the douche claims “tone argument!” they’re just still being a douche, only now the “tone argument” will be forever linked in people’s minds with “douchey behavior”, and if they run into protester 1? There could be problems.
I love the tone argument, I really do. I love that it means I can have emotions and still have a valid opinion, but when people misuse it, that makes it harder for the people who do use it properly, and that’s just a shame.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4th2bAFpq1rwh5zyo1_500.png)
The idea behind the tone argument is that it’s okay to be angry, and to have an opinion, and that being angry/having emotions doesn’t invalidate your argument.
HOWEVER, there is a culture online where the “tone argument” has been pulled out to mean ANY criticizing of someone’s tone, even if the person who’s being criticized is being an asshole or telling other people to go kill themselves.
Instead of validating the tone argument, this instead leads to a further culture of people who dismiss the tone argument as “something people use to get out of being called out for being an asshole” which is a shame, because the original tone argument is a lovely, wonderful thing.
Think of this example:
You have two protesters. One of them is passionate about their cause, the injustice that they see is making them angry. So they are there, protesting, talking about what’s going on, and debating. If someone came up to this protester and told them that their tone was off-putting, then hell yes tone argument!
Now say you have a second protester. This one is also angry, but they’re making sweeping generalizations, policing other people who are in the same boat, calling people names, insulting them, telling them to go [] themselves, and in general being an asshole. If someone came up to this protester and told them that their tone was off-putting, it would be because the other person is being a douche, and if the douche claims “tone argument!” they’re just still being a douche, only now the “tone argument” will be forever linked in people’s minds with “douchey behavior”, and if they run into protester 1? There could be problems.
I love the tone argument, I really do. I love that it means I can have emotions and still have a valid opinion, but when people misuse it, that makes it harder for the people who do use it properly, and that’s just a shame.
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