He didn't say that. (Indeed he said "I [...] don't personally have any objection to your view on this".) He said "it's more important to avoid degenerate discu

He didn't say that. (Indeed he said "I [...] don't personally have any objection to your view on this".) He said "it's more important to avoid degenerate discussion here". He means discussions that degenerate into flamewars. For what it's worth, misquoting or misrepresenting someone else's comments is another cause of degenerate discussions.