tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post6885493265894643059..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: PZ on the hunting of the snarkRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-32699830170379194052011-03-05T14:29:45.824+11:002011-03-05T14:29:45.824+11:00@Russell Blackford
The one thing I should say, th...@Russell Blackford <br /><i>The one thing I should say, though, is that PZ actually is civil in situations when its appropriate.</i><br />I always wondered how that worked. If say a religious person talks about Hitler was an atheist, PZ is likely to deliver a smackdown on Pharyngula. However if it is a person from Coyne's meeting would he say the same thing in a more civil manner?Deepak Shettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04324456947895848248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-2309257449673905992011-03-05T05:01:29.178+11:002011-03-05T05:01:29.178+11:00I have heard PZ in debates and interviews on the r...I have heard PZ in debates and interviews on the radio - always very civil.Michael Fugatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-36505593519128847102011-03-05T01:39:12.323+11:002011-03-05T01:39:12.323+11:00Everyone knows that Pharyngula is a blog where the...<i>Everyone knows that Pharyngula is a blog where the owner doesn't mince words, but, sheesh, no one has to read it. I'm comfortable with a different sort of approach here, but there's nothing wrong with PZ doing his thing on his own blog. </i><br /><br />That's funny, I literally just got done writing something <a href="http://nojesusnopeas.blogspot.com/2011/03/do-you-have-your-snark-hunting-permit.html" rel="nofollow">very similar</a> over at my blog. To be frank, I actually <i>am</i> uncomfortable with the level of incivility to which the comments section of Pharyngula sometimes rises (the posts themselves push the line, but for me they almost never cross it). So what? I don't read the comments at Pharyngula very often, that's what. I don't go writing fifty blog posts on what awful people the commenters are.James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-76768042685388642902011-03-04T20:26:55.312+11:002011-03-04T20:26:55.312+11:00It seems like the civility police have little to n...It seems like the civility police have little to no tolerance for diversity of temperament. They ignore the fact that people don't have cookie-cutter personalities; some are easy-going, some are fiesty, and then there's every other shade in between.<br /><br />Atheists like PZ may sit on the more fiery end of the scale, but usually their anger is both justifiable and <i>justified</i> by their own valid arguments and supporting facts. Like so many commenters on various blogs have observed, being <i>rude</i> doesn't equal being <i>wrong</i>.<br /><br />Besides, as we all know, one person's rudeness is another's call-a-spade-a-spade honesty.Darrick Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791236823584001938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-24162917699618771252011-03-04T20:00:48.162+11:002011-03-04T20:00:48.162+11:00The one thing I should say, though, is that PZ act...The one thing I should say, though, is that PZ actually is civil in situations when its appropriate. Everyone knows that Pharyngula is a blog where the owner doesn't mince words, but, sheesh, no one <i>has</i> to read it. I'm comfortable with a different sort of approach here, but there's nothing wrong with PZ doing his thing on his own blog. If he turned up at the group where Jerry Coyne spoke the other week and abused them, it'd be completely different.<br /><br />These snark-hunting types need to get a sense of social context and to stop being so precious about the intergnet. Yes, I'd sometimes like it myself if the gnet were generally gnicer, but that's not the situation.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-8064111030397764612011-03-04T17:08:40.990+11:002011-03-04T17:08:40.990+11:00Ebonmuse, I read your comment re the Great Snark H...Ebonmuse, I read your comment re the Great Snark Hunter's response to your terribly uncivil letter.<br /><br />"Don't be an idiot", huh?<br /><br />Real classy, Mr Stangroom, real classy.<br /><br />BTW Ebonmuse, your rather excellent website is now on my blogroll. :)Darrick Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791236823584001938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-76550947933604499512011-03-04T16:03:04.319+11:002011-03-04T16:03:04.319+11:00When I read Stangroom's snark-hunt post going ...When I read Stangroom's snark-hunt post going after PZ, I felt as if I was seeing a chihuahua bite the tail of a tiger.<br /><br />The poor bugger. *shakes head sadly*Darrick Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791236823584001938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-89685369849260809292011-03-04T13:19:41.041+11:002011-03-04T13:19:41.041+11:00I'm perturbed. I sent some examples of my own ...I'm perturbed. I <a href="http://www.daylightatheism.org/2011/03/an-open-letter-to-jeremy-stangroom.html" rel="nofollow">sent some examples of my own incivility to Stangroom</a> for him to publish, and he refused! (In a very uncivil manner, I might add.) <br /><br />Ah well. I guess I just haven't attained the heights of Gnu Atheist nastiness that would be necessary to meet his high standards. I must need more practice...Ebonmusehttp://www.daylightatheism.org/noreply@blogger.com