There's a great thread from a few years ago that really stuck with me on the topic of why we should avoid name calling - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

There's a great thread from a few years ago that really stuck with me on the topic of why we should avoid name calling - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11793127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11793127 Paraphrasing - The sincerity of your feelings is not the point. The point is that calling people names reduces the quality And - What ideas, as opposed to emotions, can't be communicated without name calling?