The Decapitated Centaur said:
Dreiko said:
sageoftruth said:
Dreiko said:
I have the exact opposite view of what one ought do due to this being the internet.
Instead of being overly-cautious, one ought be overly-tolerant and try the most to read everything while always giving the benefit of the doubt and trying to not find offense. The internet is really good at letting people be rude when they want to in no uncertain terms you see, if someone wants to be offensive they have no reason to be roundabout with it. That being so, if you aren't sure if you should mind something or not, because it's the internet, better not mind it until you absolutely feel like you must.
Well, one could always be both cautious and tolerant. As much as I respect your idea of internet etiquette, I can't force others to follow it. Merely expecting tolerance from others online will often lead to disappointment. Internet interactions are often between strangers and everyone's guard is up. Respectful and open dialogue is often the ticket to cracking their shell and turning a standoff into a constructive discussion.
The one who needs to be tolerant isn't the one you suggest ought be cautious, which puts the onus on the people expressing themselves and not the ones interpreting the expression. The problem with that is that you can feasibly interpret just about anything in an overly negative way so if one tries to absolutely ensure no offense is taken, they would have to starve their words of any interesting elements, resulting in a low quality communication, sanitized as though they are lawyers.
The mentality that just because you can't eradicate something that's somehow supposed to be a reason not to even try is just ridiculous. Like this mentality doesn't even ask itself if there's a reasonable line.
It's not even about eradicating it, you can't at all combat it in any shape or form because it's all based on subjective interpretation which is infallible and uncorrectable. You can't say "you shouldn't feel offended by this" to someone, if they feel offended that's their reality no matter what you say or do or what the facts are.
You kinda have to just "agree to disagree" and move on. There's literally no other way of solving that impasse. That being so, I just accept their reality and judge them for their perception of it.