[mentalgear]

Very eloquently put :) I agree with your proposition that bad-faith actors often mask their true intentions behind polite or sophisticated formatting.

However, I think a tool like this could still have huge potential, but less for tone and more for structure.

E.g.: - Atomicity: Ensuring a comment presents a clear, self-contained core argument that can be debated in sub-comments, rather than a tautology or an accumulation of loosely connected arguments.

- Logical consistency: (Though whether an LLM can reliably parse logic is another question entirely!)

- Citations: Checking if the commenter provided credible sources for their claims.

- Civility of Discussion: instead of it becoming another mud battle

- Misinformation: Flagging the use of known, debunked conspiracy theories: Instead of modifying the original comment, it could simply append a contextual banner to the top with a Snopes link when a known false claim is made.