Posted by chujoe on June 22, 2010, at 8:17:20
In reply to Re: wording of pubic 'rephrasing requests', posted by Dr. Bob on June 21, 2010, at 18:08:47
>>How do others hear incivility?
If a claim is patently ridiculous, and a poster is asked for evidence:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20100528/msgs/951398.html
and doesn't reply, is it necessary for me to say anything?<<
What bothers me is the peculiar rhetoric of several of the anti-med posters in which they talk about being "clean" for x number of months, and in which they refer to drugs as "chemicals" and in which they make global statements not just "I statements" that imply that many posters on the board are deluded, ignorant, etc. because they use psych drugs. This sort of language clearly equates the use of prescribed drugs with the use of street drugs.
As I have already explained, most of the posters here who defend the use of psych drugs here do so while readily admitting that such drugs are not for everyone, that they can be misused, that they have serious side effects, should not be forced on people etc. I have not seen equal open-mindedness from the anti-med folks. Also, being told, "If you're happy with your drugs..." or that people "exist in a state of med induced bliss..." I find that condescending and deeply offensive.
So my protest is against the asymmetrical treatment of these anti-med posters and Bulldog2, who was, I believe, punished for using specific "uncivil" phrases while others were allowed to deploy an entire rhetoric of incivility without being censured. Civility involves much more that merely avoiding certain words; part of civility can also involve refusing to be bullied or lied to.
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