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> How is being forced to be civil so outrageous that it’s worth even mentioning?

I take issue with “enforced civility” alongside “real names”.

Fixation on civility promotes tone over content.

For example, this very thread!

Despite my comment having several upvotes, and despite the fact that it did actually spark a curious conversation as per the guidance in the rules, you are the only person that got a chance to respond to me before comments were turned off on my post.

Is it absolutely clear what I was criticizing? Yes. Was I criticizing something that others might agree with or at the very least discuss? Again, yes.

Did it fit into the arbitrary rules of decorum that a handful of individual users decided to enforce in this instance? No.

If you agree with “enforced civility”, do you think that you should have had the ability to post your response? The current set of civility enforcers are of the opinion that nobody on this entire website should be about to respond directly to “Oh god no.” because it so soundly shakes them to their cores that you, as a user, should be protected from seeing or responding to it.