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have some fucking decorum!, sticks and stones may break my bones but, you used a bad word so i'm in the clear

After all that, I'm just a little curious what a european grocery store is like
Some Jim Butcher (he writes a fantasy mystery series called the Dresden Files, I think that's the name of the series, anyway) unfunny for you.

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	ealusaid 2011-07-11 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	I am totally behind anyone's ability to tell anyone else to fuck themselves. On the other hand, the "You must take being told to fuck yourself graciously because it is the cry of the oppressed!" crowd is getting the side-eye from me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2011-07-11 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'll stick to specific situations. My reptile brain overheats too easily. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snacky 2011-07-11 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	This, exactly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

esorlehcar
2011-07-12 07:51 pm UTC (link)

That's not what the tone argument is, though. It's pointing out behavior exactly like Jim Butcher's here--refusing to accept as valid any of the legitimate issues this person raised because s/he was angry and used a four-letter word.

I won't argue the fact that people sometimes hide behind the tone argument as an excuse to be assholes--the social justice movement, like any other movement, is comprised of people, and people tend to be assholes--but I don't see how that's the case here. Butcher is using the tone argument in a classic way--"You weren't nice enough when you called me out on my racism, therefore nothing you said counts, you are a bad, mean person, and I am a victim of the PC brigade."

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