Hello, thanks for these comments! On the antagonistic point, I personally don’t think the post is antagonistic. I think calling something “the case against view x” is what you would expect of a post criticising a particular view. I also don’t think there are any parts of the substantive post itself that involve any snark, sneering or things like that. Where we do put forward critical opinions, they seem to me to be stated neutrally and directly, without flourish, rather than in an antagonistic way.
This being said, it has been mentioned to me that stuff I write can come off as antagonistic when it isn’t meant to be, and I come from philosophy where discussion norms are highly confrontational, so I am open to suggestions as to how this piece could be less confrontational.
Hello, thanks for these comments! On the antagonistic point, I personally don’t think the post is antagonistic. I think calling something “the case against view x” is what you would expect of a post criticising a particular view. I also don’t think there are any parts of the substantive post itself that involve any snark, sneering or things like that. Where we do put forward critical opinions, they seem to me to be stated neutrally and directly, without flourish, rather than in an antagonistic way.
This being said, it has been mentioned to me that stuff I write can come off as antagonistic when it isn’t meant to be, and I come from philosophy where discussion norms are highly confrontational, so I am open to suggestions as to how this piece could be less confrontational.