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I agree it depends on the definition. Quite honestly my vibe, and really that is all it is for any of us discussing this, is pretty much anything more aggressive than my comment above (or even including my comment above, once more people read it).

I definitely DO NOT mean clear hate speech, etc.. that's not my point at all.

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I, for one, come here in substantial part for the norms against aggression and toward calm substantive discussion.

Shouting matches and rhetorical posturing are exhausting. There are places for that—most places online, anymore; this is not one of them.

So, do you mean you don't like tone policing? You can say pretty much anything as long as the tone stays intellectual and doesn't go into brain damage politics, harassment, or conspiracy zone where it's being banned because it's off-topic and, frankly, exhausting and unproductive.

No, and if you read the tone of my posts and even the tone of dang (and others) here I would argue that my tone is not out of line and arguably more polite.

But I'm the one that is rate limited in this thread and prevented from interacting with people politely.

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