President Joe Biden has defended the right to free speech but says “order must prevail” on college campuses where pro-Palestinian protests are happening.
  • Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM
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    2 months ago

    Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

    Labeling Joe Biden as a ‘fascist’ is name-calling. Whether or not he is, truly, a fascist is not what is being addressed here.

    Beehaw is a space that strives to be(e) nice apart from the thousands of Internet spaces that could care less.

    • SinAdjetivos@beehaw.org
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      2 months ago

      You could’ve made an argument that the “fuck” part of “fascist fuck” was name calling and uncalled for… But your doubling down on the “fascist” part isn’t “be(e)-ing nice”, it is using a bully pulpit to push your own views and opinions.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      2 months ago

      I want to be clear that I am being completely sincere when I ask, does this mean that saying “Joe Biden is acting like a fascist autocrat”, is ok, but applying it as a title, as in “Joe Biden the Fascist Autocrat” is not?

      If so, I will hew to that distinction, but I want to be perfectly clear about the actual expectations; if the former is also an issue, I would like to know that now.

      • Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM
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        2 months ago

        …does this mean that saying “Joe Biden is acting like a fascist autocrat”, is ok, but applying it as a title, as in “Joe Biden the Fascist Autocrat” is not?

        In my opinion, yes. However, this is something that I would want to discuss with the other administrators/moderators in order to reach a conclusion.