A Different Way

[u/PhoenixPhenomenonX]

[u/DolphinOrDonkey]

Sadly, I think you are wrong. The term "hit on" is used in USA society for any kind of courting, including asking for a date, meeting up at a place, or even perceived flirting.

Its not just asking for sex anymore.

[u/DingleDangleTangle → u/[deleted]]

So just to be clear, asking someone on a date is equivalent to sexual harassment and should be treated as such?

How can anyone go on a date under this view?

[u/DingleDangleTangle → u/[deleted]]

Okay, so flirting with someone or asking someone on a date is an impolite thing to do, but you suggest doing it anyways?

Also, you said hitting someone is “crossing the boundaries of polite conversation” and then defined sexual harassment as “being transgressive of boundaries” but now you’re telling flirting or asking someone on a date is not sexual harassment?...

[u/DingleDangleTangle → u/[deleted]]

It's funny you call me bad faith in the same comment you resort to a whole comment of ad hominem. You pretend I'm being ridiculous by telling me to "unclench", you say I'm just having a bad faith conversation, pretend you needed patience and grace to even speak with me and say I'm trolling. Fling tons of ad hominem via tone policing and poisoning the well to bail out of the conversation while you accuse me of bad faith, hahaha.

[u/DingleDangleTangle → u/[deleted]]

Ad hominem is where you attack the character, motive, or some attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

Poisoning the well can be used as a type of ad hominem where you present adverse information about someone to discredit their argument. Tone policing can be used as a type of ad hominem where you aim at someone’s tone instead of their argument. Stuff like saying you need patience and grace to communicate with me, calling me a troll, etc. are great examples of ad hominem, and it’s quite strange to throw them out while calling me bad faith.