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I have observed that during conflicts it is quite common for one party, or more often both, to wrap themselves in the "Knowledge flag", as if a personal attack on one user were somehow an attack on the entire community. A related maneuver is to declare that the future of
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When comments are posted, the raw text appears without vocal inflections or body language; the lack of these nonverbal cues tends to make the raw text appear to be more terse or rude than the sender actually intended. This is stating the obvious, but people seem to forget it in the heat of the
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