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This really isn't the kind of tone appreciated around here.


If you close your eyes and really reflect on it for a moment, I think you will realize that that tone is quite welcome here. The flag was not for the tone, but for the direction it came from, and I wear it proudly. It is HN's loss, not mine. This Hapsburg fellow seems quite likable, but he has the wrong politics, so she had to break out the toxoplasmosis claws as though her career depended on it (it does)! meeoww hissss


No, the flag is for the tone. Disagree with substance all you want. Don't write like a troll. Don't attack people personally. There are lots of other places you can do that; don't do it here.


Don't attack people personally? And you say this when the story itself is a back-hand masquerading as a book review / history lesson (72 points and counting)? Or by "tone" do you mean that I neglected to spread the attack out over 2400+ words, and research her ancestry back to the 18th century for any shred of "privilege" we may sully her with?


If you don't think the original article was appropriate, flag it. But don't stoop to its level.




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