Paul Dillon writes:
>Any thoughts?
the excerpt you presented was interesting.
and it's interesting to see the use of this excerpt as a tool to
understand what's going on with xmca rather than discussing "ourselves."
i want to know the patterns over time before i can make any inferences or
interpretations as to the meaning or tone or level of shared understanding
in the excerpt.
you presented two voices---do they dominate the list in terms of number
and length of postings?
does the voice who "says" you're just plain wrong, typically say that sort
of thing to the other list participants?
what are the social status markers of this list group and how do these two
voices match or deviate from the hierarchy? (and i know i am not asking
this very well, but i don't believe there are any neutral, judment-free
social interactions and i want to know who is the perceived authority and
what the power relations are.)
how can we (and by that I mean xmca) tell someone who insists that others
are "just plain wrong" that we (and here i presume to speak for some
portion of xmca) don't like that stance or tone or genre or whatever we
want to name it?
i don't accept that it's ever helpful to tell anyone that s/he is "just
plain wrong" and i wouldn't tag that on after telling someone that "what
you're saying doesn't make sense" to me.
i am always interested in how "it" makes sense
to someone
in some context
or some way.
kathie
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