I believe that was a civil way to point out to someone that they're not coming across completely lacking knowledge on a subject and that they're coming across a

I believe that was a civil way to point out to someone that they're not coming across completely lacking knowledge on a subject and that they're coming across as a try hard. Personally, I believe that not stating this in scenarios like this is akin to bullying. Basically, the person is out of their depth instead of pointing it out, people carry on while smirking to themselves feeling superior while everyone else enjoys the embarrassment. To me, that is intellectual bullying. This is not a nice thing to do. Instead, the civil thing to do is to point out that the framing of their point is not good and this allows them to improve the framing of their point.