“As [un]constrained as possible” means “no guardrails.”
(Brackets correcting what I presume is a typo.)
Here is an easy test to see the incorrectness of that reading of my comment: if, on a literal reading, it seems like I really meant “no guardrails” in the sense that you claim to have taken me to mean, then this would mean that I’d be opposed to the moderators deleting obvious (e.g., Russian penis enlargement pill) spam. Does this seem remotely plausible to you?
And before you protest further, let me remind you that we’ve already had this conversation. The link is to a comment thread where I say, in direct response to you specifically, that I dislike and do not endorse vulgarity and name-calling.
Additionally, in this comment (posted in the comment section of the same post as the one linked above), I say:
Going all the way to “zero” [catering to people’s feelings] is not even what I am proposing, nor would propose (for example, I am entirely in favor of forbidding personal insults, vulgarity, etc., even if some hypothetical ideal reasoner would be entirely unfazed even by such things).
In this comment (in that same comment section), I say:
Like, “avoid vulgarity” and “don’t use direct personal attacks” can be made into rules. There generally isn’t any reason to break them, except perhaps in the most extreme, rare cases.
You’re positing a person who is posting things that aren’t, like… vulgarity, or personal insults, or anything bad or crazy like that (because if he were doing that, then the mods would presumably ban him outright—or should, anyway!). And he’s not doing anything else that is rightly ban-worthy (like, say, persistently lying about his interlocutors’ claims, or something along those lines).
I have consistently and unambiguously expressed opposition to such behaviors, and support for rules forbidding such behaviors, including (I emphasize again) in direct response to you, personally.
Perhaps you forgot about those past statements. If so, let this be a reminder. I hope that there will be no further confusion on your part about what my position on this matter is.
(Brackets correcting what I presume is a typo.)
Here is an easy test to see the incorrectness of that reading of my comment: if, on a literal reading, it seems like I really meant “no guardrails” in the sense that you claim to have taken me to mean, then this would mean that I’d be opposed to the moderators deleting obvious (e.g., Russian penis enlargement pill) spam. Does this seem remotely plausible to you?
And before you protest further, let me remind you that we’ve already had this conversation. The link is to a comment thread where I say, in direct response to you specifically, that I dislike and do not endorse vulgarity and name-calling.
Additionally, in this comment (posted in the comment section of the same post as the one linked above), I say:
In this comment (in that same comment section), I say:
Finally, in this more recent comment (on the topic about “moderation tools” etc.), I say:
I have consistently and unambiguously expressed opposition to such behaviors, and support for rules forbidding such behaviors, including (I emphasize again) in direct response to you, personally.
Perhaps you forgot about those past statements. If so, let this be a reminder. I hope that there will be no further confusion on your part about what my position on this matter is.