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It's not exactly one, but I think the tone is excessively aggressive. The words maybe not right on the money, but someone not carefully parsing them might easil
by SapphireSun 10y ago
It's not exactly one, but I think the tone is excessively aggressive. The words maybe not right on the money, but someone not carefully parsing them might easily find themselves feeling that way. Riding right on the edge isn't the greatest idea when you'd like people to interpret your words charitably.
You can be civil while disagreeing strongly. For instance, instead of calling something "idiotic" you could say "I disagree in the strongest possible terms. I do not believe your facts have a basis in reality." This is still somewhat rude, but a lot better as it avoids entangling their personage.
- x0054 10y agoSince we are talking about me, I might comment as well. Even the smartest and best people can, from time to time, have idiotic ideas, I sure had a few in my time :) To say that someone has an idiotic idea isn't the same as to call them an idiot. The original comment was a well presented, though flawed, argument, clearly NOT a work of an idiot. Further, for me to say "I am glad you are in the minority..." simply indicates that I disagree vehemently with the position the original commenter is taking and I am very happy that his position is not very popular, as that means that maybe things in Brazil will change for the better as the result of this. I also find it ironic that in a post about censorship someone pulled out the HN censorship guidelines. I totally understand the context is completely different, but it's funny.