Someone trying to tempt me back to Twitter with this screenshot, saying “come on, won’t it be fun to respond to this?” Their idea of fun may differ from mine.
Lots of people have made fun of my mental illness and openness about it, most often on Twitter. But I’m okay. So far I haven’t looked at one of them and said “wow they seem really happy and successful, I wish I had their life.”
@Popehat One of the (several) problems with this attitude is the way it's textbook ad hominem. "Argument X isn't worth hearing because its author has unrelated characteristic Y."
The very notion of hearing someone out, of evaluating arguments on their own merits, of following a chain of reasoning to draw a conclusion, is summarily, implicitly dismissed.
Instead we have an ethos informed by the too-serious fans of daytime soap operas, or the earnest watchers of pro wrestling. It's all just personality and projection.
Ken White
Western Infidels