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What are diplo tags?

April 26, 2017diplo Tags

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What are diplo tags?

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A. Diplo tags are used to bracket potentially controversial material – i.e., to give it diplomatic immunity. They are written like typical HTML tags – i.e. the text in question is preceded by and followed by . This is a subtle privilege of the list, and one that should be exercised with care. The idea is not to use diplo tags to taunt people, or to hide poorly-thought-out ideas behind them; rather, they are used to bracket ideas or statements that may be controversial but whose explanations or defense are not the subject of the posting. Here is an example: ‘The use of “dirty words” in music, however, can be defended without falling back on the First Amendment. Many bands, including Blink 182, the greatest punk band in the past 20 years, have used them for artistic purposes where no other words could be used.’ The author of this passage is discussing a second topic and realizes that the statement about Blink182 may be controversial (a pretty sure bet on th