> I should be able to mention it en passant without having to dive deep into my opinions of the matter which are wholly unrelated
No, you don't get to do that on any topic. If you write a blog post on a programming language feature, and in the middle of your post decide to slip in a note about your feelings on the middle east conflict, web3/crypto or your political opinions, expect people to talk about that. You decided it was important enough to mention in your post, so it's up for discussion.
> and just a way to entrap me.
Nah, you don't get "woe is me" card if you shoehorn in a dog whistle and get called out on it.
> I shan't be afraid to say, on my blog I'm an anarchist, or, for argument's sake, I'm a satanist, I am trans, I vote Trump, Google is a shitty company, or Star Wars is a terrible franchise.
Do that. But don't be surprised if people treat your words equally.
If you can't keep your message on-point, that's a you problem, not an everyone else problem.
This is why social media is shit today. It's full of people unable to sustain intelligent discussion, so they try to find hidden meaning behind someone else's words.
You see a dog whistle, I see a person that gets off doing online witch hunts, instead of simply knowing how to disagree. If you have to resort to the personal attack, it's quite obvious there is no intelligent argument to be had here.
No, you don't get to do that on any topic. If you write a blog post on a programming language feature, and in the middle of your post decide to slip in a note about your feelings on the middle east conflict, web3/crypto or your political opinions, expect people to talk about that. You decided it was important enough to mention in your post, so it's up for discussion.
> and just a way to entrap me.
Nah, you don't get "woe is me" card if you shoehorn in a dog whistle and get called out on it.
> I shan't be afraid to say, on my blog I'm an anarchist, or, for argument's sake, I'm a satanist, I am trans, I vote Trump, Google is a shitty company, or Star Wars is a terrible franchise.
Do that. But don't be surprised if people treat your words equally.
If you can't keep your message on-point, that's a you problem, not an everyone else problem.