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> the more asinine it sounds. HN is better without personal attacks and insults.

• zapzupnz 4y ago
  The comment was against the argument being made, not the user. Nothing personal about it.
  • claytongulick 4y ago
    That's an interesting take that I don't agree with. It could be extended to pretty much anything: "I'm insulting your clothes, not you". Calling something that a person says, or writes "asinine" is inflammatory. If I were to call your defense of it "naive, brain dead and utterly absurd" are you sure you wouldn't interpret that as a personal attack?
    • zapzupnz 4y ago
      > Calling something that a person *says or writes* "asinine" is inflammatory Yes, inflammatory. But personal, no. > If I were to call your defense of it "naive, brain dead and utterly absurd" are you sure you wouldn't interpret that as a personal attack? Correct, because it's not personal. That would be attacking the quality of the argument, not me, although it would certainly be inflammatory. I certainly wouldn't take it well — but for a totally different reason than you originally specified. "Personal" and "inflammatory" are two different things.