Andy Craig: It's definitely a thing that most people are less confrontational in person, because it's much more uncomfortable and there are stronger norms about being polite and cordial. And sometimes you just don't want to argue with somebody about a topic and so shrug it off with a well I see your point.

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this is so often the case that i get really taken aback when a person is as strident in person as they are online

It's definitely a thing that most people are less confrontational in person, because it's much more uncomfortable and there are stronger norms about being polite and cordial. And sometimes you just don't want to argue with somebody about a topic and so shrug it off with a well I see your point.

You're also not saying it to a public audience, committing it as your public position. Nobody else is there to hear you.

So I don't necessarily take it as a kind of cowardice or lack of strong belief in your opinions or inconsistency. There are rational reasons to sometimes soft-pedal or dodge a conversation in that different context.

Text dehumanizes, which can often make us more aggressive. Robin I think is just kind of a dick online above the call though

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