If you slow down and read my original post again, you'll see that I said that I was "among the most receptive to what he's trying to say". I clicked through to

If you slow down and read my original post again, you'll see that I said that I was "among the most receptive to what he's trying to say". I clicked through to this post because it's a topic I wanted to read about. I was turned off by the way the article was written. That said, whether or not I agree with the author isn't salient---probably why you're confused by what I wrote. Manual memory management is definitely an interesting topic of discussion, with important ramifications in the field of software engineering. Like you said, world hunger and climate change it is not. Maybe because it's a relatively inconsequential topic (in the grand scheme of things) we can approach it more calmly and soberly instead of with a hyperventilating tone. I would also say that while it can be difficult for some people to approach tendentious issues without being combative, it is indeed possible. Some might even say it's a useful skill to spend some time picking up.