Why it's sometimes a good idea to use a negative tone against people who agree with your political opinions
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The other day (or was it today?) my twitter peep T.S. Christian was writing about how she doesn't understand the tone argument (i.e. the argument frequently made about activist postings--that the tone is too controversial or strident): after all, the tone doesn't invalidate the content.
And I was thinking, you know, this is a common feeling in the activi…
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