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I am sorry, I disagree. I don't see any pejoratives there, and in fact you're the one using them: nasty and boorish are the words you used and you implied that

• dang 10y ago
  I did use the words 'nasty' and 'boorish' and probably could have avoided them. I certainly did not mean to imply anything about you personally, nor do I think those things. Why did I call those three words pejoratives? Because that's how they work in the context where you used them: "isms" is obviously a pejorative, "American" bound to it becomes a national slight, and "your" a personal one. Perhaps you didn't intend them that way, but I assure you that for many readers they would acquire that connotation en route. I don't have any desire to ban you, but I do wish you'd take on good faith what I'm trying to explain about how HN conversations are supposed to operate. It all comes from long hard experience trying to prevent an internet forum from degenerating. You clearly have some interesting things to say, so if you'd join us in the work of erring on the side of civility, HN would be better.