Re: tone policing

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

> On Sep 9, 2019, at 1:42 PM, Keith Moore <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>> False assumption.   Every minute I spend on this conversation is time 
>> I can't bill clients for, and I have a backlog of work.    I wouldn't 
>> be investing this effort if I didn't think it were important.
>
> This is what “has free time” means, Keith.   You are objectively 
> consuming more of our bandwidth than any other participant.  This is 
> not ad hominem.  You can see it in Thomas Narten’s weekly summaries.

I can't help but be reminded of a gang of bullies who attack an 
individual, and who insist on their version of "fairness": everybody 
gets one punch per round.


>> You could do your part to reduce the noise by not sending insulting 
>> messages, which generally merit face-saving responses.
>
> Isn’t this precisely the sort of statement to which the phrase “tone 
> policing” is referring?

Not intended as such.   It's just an observation: if you attack someone 
you should expect them to respond.

Also, my objection to "tone policing" is that "tone" is arbitrary.   I 
would be much less like to object to a rule that said some version of 
"don't insult people".

Keith