The tone argument and issues other than feminism

[gollygee]

I've been really interested to watch the tone argument play out in this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5534368

It's funny how when it isn't about feminism, the same people who throw out the tone argument are the ones having it used against them. I don't really have anything else to say, just that I find the responses to complaints about tone interesting when I think about this in a more big picture way - about how the tone argument is used in general and not just about the issue of vaccinations.

I should post this in the African American group too, because they also get slammed about their tone, specifically that "privilege" is not a helpful way of wording things and they should only talk about racism in a way that makes white people feel good.

(Discloser: my kids are fully vaccinated.)