Of course it’s by his lights. How else could it be?
Some people realize that their position is a personal one; others assume that their position is standard or typical. Such phrases are often useful as evidence that the person realizes that fact; of course, since they can be easily copied, they are only weak evidence. “Strawberry is a better flavor, according to me” is a different sentence from “Strawberry is a better flavor”, and those two are yet again different from “Four is larger than two.” Adding ‘according to me’ to the last option would be a joke.
Here is a demonstration that adding those sorts of disclaimers and caveats does absolutely nothing to prevent the LW moderators from judging my comments to be unacceptable, as though no such disclaimers were present.
Note, in particular, that @Elizabeth’s “Note from the Sunshine Regiment” says:
sharing a negative opinion is not in and of itself anti-social.
But as several people have pointed out, this opinion was shared in a way that generated a lot of unnecessary friction. A simple “I think that...” or ”...for me” would have done a great deal to resolve this problem.
This despite the fact that the comment in question was in fact filled with precisely such disclaimers—which the mods simply ignored, writing the moderator judgment as though no such disclaimers were there at all!
I’ve said before that I don’t take such suggestions (to add the disclaimers) at all seriously; and here we have an unambiguous demonstration that I am right to take that stance.
Here is a demonstration that adding those sorts of disclaimers and caveats does absolutely nothing to prevent the LW moderators from judging my comments to be unacceptable, as though no such disclaimers were present.
Note, in particular, that @Elizabeth’s “Note from the Sunshine Regiment” says:
This despite the fact that the comment in question was in fact filled with precisely such disclaimers—which the mods simply ignored, writing the moderator judgment as though no such disclaimers were there at all!
I’ve said before that I don’t take such suggestions (to add the disclaimers) at all seriously; and here we have an unambiguous demonstration that I am right to take that stance.