"What you see is all there is." (TF&S)
(Using deception in entertainment is fine. It is NOT fine in argument).
Much etiquette is just sincerity.
- There is *nothing* wrong with discussing an important ideas *without a content warning*. With no exceptions. What is wrong is *not* discussing those ideas.
*This includes politics*
Obscuring/hiding such discussion (ie using CW) *is* harmful to an informed society of electors. It facilitates persistence of fallacy.
@Barcode it's not about hiding, but allowing people to engage with it on their own terms.
It's about allowing other people to manage their energy better.
It's about thinking about how something you write can affect other people, both in negative and positive ways.
Just sit with that for a moment.
A CW as #etiquette norm isn't allowing a reader to engage on their own terms, it's a barrier to reduce discussion on a topic.
I couldn't make people manage their energy *worse* if, out of malice I tried. I could only waste their time by creating a distraction, but since they're on social media, they already are indulging in distraction, and that is on them. Not I.
I already factor in whether a comment is worth posting. A CW on important ideas as takes value away.
This is regress.
