lmmarsano

In Florida, students have this one cool trick to get their teachers fired. Thanks, Florida!

Also, is that government punishing speech?

More irrelevance.

There would be no reason to quote them, period.

No reason not to either, logically.

choice of who to quote taint them themselves

Genetic fallacy: your "taint" concept is irrational. Again, a quote may be mentioned more for its content than who said it.

Like here: the commenter merely wrote that person is known to have said something relevant to the topic. Instead of addressing the substance of that message they're referring to, responses distract themselves with who said it.  

stop quoting fascists if you don’t want people to think you’ve decided to label yourself as a target for righteous violence

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Stop pretending your high school debate classes are real life

Start meeting basic standards of logic that don't fail high school?

How about "respect logic"? It's pretty simple.

Aren't we all satin bowerbirds at heart? Gotta collect that blue.

The ultimate genocider could claim "1 + 1 = 2": that doesn't make it false. Who they are is irrelevant to their argument, and that's a classic ad hominem fallacy. Learn to respect logic.

ad hominem

Apparently, criticizing inaccessible content.

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people with accessibility needs can't read this

Tsk, tsk, OP.

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why?

Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report 'fake news'

Stanford Prison Experiment

Why mention that aborted, flawed experiment that's difficult to replicate when experiments have been concluded & replicated with consistent results? Pop culture buzz?

Meta-analyses of the Milgram experiments found that despite expressing discomfort or needing reassurance or hearing the screams of "shock recipients", 61% of subjects would yield to an authority's commands to administer shocks they understand are lethal. All participants would administer shocks until the recipient becomes unresponsive. Subjects who refused to administer fatal shocks wouldn't insist on terminating the experiment or leave to check on the victim.

It seems pretty clear from findings like this that people are probably ill-equipped & overconfident about their ability to defy authority & most will perform atrocities they disagree with (ie, "just follow orders"). Unless they've been tested themselves, I think people need to drop the presumption that they wouldn't do what science has consistently demonstrated people when tried do. This, by the way, all supports what you're saying.

Vegetables on the other hand

A dietician once explained to me that children are extra-sensitive to bitter flavors like those of vegetables, and this sensitivity grows milder with age, so their special aversion is only natural. I recall feeling extremely hostile to vegetables then at some age feeling shocked that I no longer knew what the fuss was about & could appreciate them more.

Blanching those vegetables to subdue the bitterness may be especially important for a kid's palate.

Based on opinion around here? Freedom of expression is good & doesn't need compromises beyond the harm principle.

The selective illiteracy gets me: clearly, they can read each other's messages. The text in an error message? Brain shuts off.