re: #718 reine.de.tout

I did.
I still like Cato’s.
I like to read the discussions, not the accusations that someone is engaging in whatever. If someone is engaging in whatever, well, make your best factual, logical argument and see where it takes you!

I always feel like the accusations (“TU Quoque!) are what derail the discussions, and really, for me anyhow, don’t add much of value. I just skip over those. I’d rather see what someone thinks, what opinion is, what information they can bring to inform a person about what they said, than an accusation about how they said it.

Just my .02

I feel that Tu Quoque is an a different category than “push back”. Tu Quoque, when successful, simply changes the topic of discussion from one the poster felt was ‘inconvenient’ to something they find more palpable. I think this type of derailment should rightfully be pointed out, since it usually doesn’t involve any actual counter points.