I think the smarter thing to say is that in many tight, insular communities—where membership is partly based on intelligence, proficiency and being able to speak the language of the discipline—pieces of writing become as much or more about presenting one’s own qualifications for inclusion in the group than transmission of meaning.
You support safe-sex education? I'm surprised you think teen pregnancy is okay; you must not have kids.
EVERYBODY USES SOCIAL MEDIA, SO IT MUST BE UNCONDITIONALLY GOOD AND YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE IT.
THE EARTH IS 6,000 YEARS OLD BECAUSE THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS SO.
gravity is a bad film because Neil deGrasse Tyson says the science is inaccurate!
my nephew doesn't know his times tables so math education is in a crisis among young people!
you're either with us or you're with the enemy!
I think it's a conundrum. If we have no laws on this, people take it to one extension further, does it have to be humans, you know?
parents are worried about their sons and daughters when they leave for college or university. there is a sense that freedom can be a blessing and a curse. they don't know how to react.