Commenting Policy

I am more than happy to publish comments by people who do not agree with me. Let me explain once more that I do not publish comments that are illogical, irrelevant, or based on false premises. Often I will point out that someone is basing an argument on a false belief, whereupon they will simply shift their premise and construct some sophistry based on the new premise that manages to reach some other conclusion they think I won ' t like. Or else they ' ll throw up some completely irrelevant " but what about this other thing, " or quote somebody out of context who they think I admire. (Often I don ' t, actually.) In other words, they are not trying to have a reasoned dialogue. They are just trying to blow smoke. And if you have been banned for doing this repeatedly, it won ' t do you any good to try to worm your way back in by saying something reasonable for a change. You ' re banned.Unfortunately, this is now characteristic of a broad swath of political discourse in our country.Alex Pareene explains it well. The occasion is publication by Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz of the identity of the person behind the repulsive " Libs of TikTok " account, which exists to expose random LGBQT people to harassment and retaliation, spreads lies about gender non-conforming people, and is a major driver of the phony right wing moral panic about " grooming. " The right wing echo chamber exploded in indignation that a journalist would expose the identity of the person behind this (who...
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