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With one very important exception! Any ethic of care must take into consideration the harsh realities of power imbalances. I think the weak should be allowed to direct vulgar insults at the very powerful—especially when they are public figures.

This brings up a kind of interesting point—women seem to be more annoying in person (how many of use have complained about overhearing fangirls screech about how “kawaii!!!” Heero Yuy or whoever is at the top of their lungs?) while guys tend to be more annoying online.

Casey wrote:

With one very important exception! Any ethic of care must take into consideration the harsh realities of power imbalances. I think the weak should be allowed to direct vulgar insults at the very powerful—especially when they are public figures.

Wow. I must say that in an article discussing etiquette, this struck me as a disgusting double standard. All people have feelings, not just the "weak".

Ai no Kareshi wrote:

Casey wrote: With one very important exception! Any ethic of care must take into consideration the harsh realities of power imbalances. I think the weak should be allowed to direct vulgar insults at the very powerful—especially when they are public figures. Wow. I must say that in an article discussing etiquette, this struck me as a disgusting double standard. All people have feelings, not just the "weak".

I was about to say the same thing. Respect goes for everyone - it shouldn't be laid aside just for those 'in power', as much as that phrase even applies to the example given in the article.

I think the weak should be allowed to direct vulgar insults at the very powerful—especially when they are public figures.

But such an exception would itself be a disservice to the so-called "weak". If you give the majority of people the right to insult the elite, it implies that the "weak" require an augmentation of speech as a substitute for equality.

2. user tagging for inappropriate - sure it wouldn't stop people from posting it.. but at least maybe not everyone would have to view it if you could user set if x number of people tag this as inappropriate

second has been done in form of rated comments but i'm thinking more you could set it per person (how many people have said that the user crosses the line not any particular comment.. and sure a lot of people wouldn't like that.. but it would be good to have as an option.. people who are easily offended could ignore people known to offend..

i think the worst thing to do with people making problems on the internet is talk to them at all... almost always it encourages them (in my experience)

Now, a lot of people may hate that...but I don't. I admire the sincerity.

Not to mention that if you have power over somebody, it's improper to voice any bias against them - decisions that they make have little to no effect upon you, so speaking bad about them is a different matter than if they were to speak badly of you. When someone without power speaks badly of someone who has power over them, it's likely due to the frustration that being powerless brings - who could help but vent at the person responsible for putting you in a bad position, when you have no means of changing the situation yourself?

Meh, I think I prefer trolls and douchebags over two-faced, nice-guy yuppies.

That could work but it could also back fire with people using it to mark post by users they don't like as inappropriate. Working with other people they could trash a persons rep pretty fast.