Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's just that there's a lot of dramatic and hyperbolic words and phrases in there, here's a list from a quick pass: > religion, anyone, conviction, enemy, must, silenced > most, pitiful, cowardice, all, should, every last one of us, ever, surrendered, tyranny, fighting, capitulate, cower, fear > my own country, America; disgusts, good men, put down their lives, secure, blessings, liberty, lack, confidence, c…
Oh. Reminds me of that one time, where some jerk went all wise on me, by picking individual words from my post then responding "strong words". On the surface, I was the angry stampede, and he was the voice of reason. Except he didn't seem to notice that my "strong words" tended to cancel each other (some of the words he cited actually restricted the scope of the others). It's like the tone is more important than the…
Re: The idea of a university as a free space rather than a safe space is vanishing
#61I dunno, someone was asking why the downvotes, that's all I could think of. I agree it's nasty to highlight the words like that.