I think that I didn’t say anything at all in any of my comments that could be misconstrued as taking a position one way or the other.

and yet…

What if they’re wearing them around you because you punch people in the face for odd reasons.

That seems a lot like you are saying you disapprove of them but you you think a punch in the face is way over the top, right? So your problem is mostly with the offhand hyperbole of cassandrafatigue saying they should be “punched in the face”? The whole civility bit?

You have created strawman position out of thin air, assumed that I believe the thing that you just made up and then accused me of being a bootlicker because of this imaginary position that you yourself just invented.

I never accused you of anything. I asked you a question to clarify what you were saying. You seem to be confusing me with cassandrafatigue?

You’re either trying to farm outrage and division, or you’ve spent too much time in social media spaces where this kind of behavior is promoted. Either way it’s toxic and, assuming you’re a real person, you should really step away from social media.

Again, not sure what comment I made supports any of those assertions, at all. Literally the only thing I said to you was:

You don’t think ubiquitous surveillance is something people should get upset about? Those things will be hooked up to flock in about 5 seconds flat.

It isn’t normal or healthy to have kneejerk paranoid reactions to disagreements. It isn’t normal to think punching people in the face for wearing consumer electronics is acceptable behavior. These are behaviors driven by paranoia, not rationality.

Define normal and healthy. Would it be the ability to have simply replied to my question with something like…

I do think it’s worth getting upset about, just not to the extent of punching someone in the face.

… or some other reasonable response?

Anyway I’ll leave you to your faux outrage.