[ih] New Republic Article - "How We Misremember the Internet’s Origins"

Lori Emerson lori.emerson at gmail.com
Fri Nov 1 16:11:43 PDT 2019


to repeat, my issue is with ad hominem attacks which the thread was
veering toward if not engaging with. Civil debate about facts is a
different thing altogether---

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:08 PM Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:

> On 11/1/2019 12:18 PM, Lori Emerson wrote:
> > but I can't imagine that veering into ad hominem attacks on the worth of
> > her degree is considered part of productive discussion on this list.
>
>
> I'm inclined to be more concerned about slamming liberal arts degrees
> than about slamming this willful, undisciplined, confused and
> fact-challenged author.
>
> d/
>
> --
> Dave Crocker
> Brandenburg InternetWorking
> bbiw.net
>


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