My own post said that you used the term "Obviously" when it was clear it was not obvious, as multiple people took it the wrong way.
That is a rhetorical trick. Once you say "Obviously", the implication is that since the reader didn't understand the meaning of the post, the reader is either trolling or stupid.
I also like how you ask me to step back and ask who's using rhetorical tricks, and ask me to think about my own post, thereby associating them together, implying that my own post used rhetorical tricks. Nice scare quotes btw.
Why should I think about my own post? I made a point and backed it up, without rhetorical tricks. I just stated that you said something was obvious, when empirically it was not obvious at all to other observers.
You did not address the second part of my post, where I stated that policing should be applied to individuals, not language.
My own post said that you used the term "Obviously" when it was clear it was not obvious, as multiple people took it the wrong way.
That is a rhetorical trick. Once you say "Obviously", the implication is that since the reader didn't understand the meaning of the post, the reader is either trolling or stupid.
I also like how you ask me to step back and ask who's using rhetorical tricks, and ask me to think about my own post, thereby associating them together, implying that my own post used rhetorical tricks. Nice scare quotes btw.
Why should I think about my own post? I made a point and backed it up, without rhetorical tricks. I just stated that you said something was obvious, when empirically it was not obvious at all to other observers.
You did not address the second part of my post, where I stated that policing should be applied to individuals, not language.