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Because it is rude and a lie. Also, your last phrase doesn't make any sense.

• allannienhuis 10y ago
  I guess rude is in the eye of the beholder? :) Your response seemed rude to me (challenging the use of a pretty common phrase to elicit elaboration), which is why I suggested you were upset. Subtleties and true intention are often lost in written communication... :)
• cheetos 10y ago
  Just to be clear, you are the one being rude.
  • fiatjaf 10y ago
    One has the right to be rude if someone else is rude first. Right now you're being rude, for example, because somehow my rudeness offended you.
    • joekim 10y ago
      Whether or not you have the "right" to be rude, I think the more cordial we are the more we can align around learning through discussion. If someone is rude to someone who's mistaken that could help them unlearn something, but more likely they will become more entrenched because of consistency principle. Cialdini talks a lot about consistency principle in his book the "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Rober...
    • allannienhuis 10y ago
      I think being rude to someone who's rude to you is childlike and petty. It's how wars start. It's much more productive to either ignore it or try to figure out what's really going on. It's not always natural and of course we all fail at it from time to time, but justifying poor behaviour because someone else started it just isn't cool.