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Do you speak respectfully when you speak to others, and can you respect others while you speak to them?

The problem might be in how you speak, what words and phrasings you choose, rather than the contents of opinions and perspectives.

A study after each conversation, might reveal that each people involved might've had entirely different experiences about the conversation. That would reveal the gap.




Why don't you pick out an unpopular or unprogressive idea, articulate it nicely on Twitter, and see how that goes?


It's just too easy to troll people online these days. No fun anymore when they just do it to themselves anyway.

There's a time and place for all speech. It needs the correct setting, and this is nothing new.

That you can use algorithms to rile up people seems interesting though, for weaponization. That'd be fun!




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