On 29 September 2011 07:40, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:30 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
This post appears mostly to be the tone argument: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Tone_argument
- rather than address those opposed to the WMF (the body perceived to
be abusing its power), Sue frames their arguments as badly-formed and that they should therefore be ignored. This is somewhat problematic.
I read a rock and a hard place. So yeah, problematic. By sound, I meant from her position.
The complete absence of mentioning the de:wp poll that was 85% against any imposed filter is just *weird*. Not mentioning it, and not acknowledging why someone would do that, doesn't make it go away.
As you say, this blog post reads like someone forced to defend the indefensible, hence the glaringly defective arguments. This will convince no-one the post claims to be addressing.
- d.