> so either you'll hate me, or think i'm wrong. i don't see how i can win. He could be seriously offended, but then not hate you. He might realize you were rig

> so either you'll hate me, or think i'm wrong. i don't see how i can win. He could be seriously offended, but then not hate you. He might realize you were right, and be glad to find out. Or if he isn't offended, he might still recognize that many other people would be. He might also consider whether he would dare say it, and discover he wouldn't. So those are two ways you could win. However, in both of those cases, while you'd win with yters, you'd lose with a majority of the audience. You could only win with a majority of the audience if you said something that can be safely said on Hacker News (and thus you were wrong).