Off the Rails
- March 1st, 2010
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You know, where I come from, what is now apparently always “derailing” was known as “carrying on a conversation.” Tangents, arguments, etc. were a feature, not a bug. Ideological commitment to a political language of oppression has reduced what could be meaningful, informative exchanges to lecture and applause*, with critical consideration of the premises dismissed as not merely moot, but actively harmful.
Needless to say, I think this is utter bullshit, and resist the increasing reliance on orthodoxy over inquiry.
(* Consider the increasing number of replies to be found on the web that consist of little more than a partial quote and the emphatic word “THIS!”)
