Wrong. Two reasons, actually: 1. Culture is a dynamic and malleable thing, and through thoughtful criticism, it's possible to help people not be pedantic assho

Wrong. Two reasons, actually: 1. Culture is a dynamic and malleable thing, and through thoughtful criticism, it's possible to help people not be pedantic assholes on internet message boards. 2. If a post is both unnecessarily abrasive, and doesn't meaningfully engage with the post it's responding to, it adds no value to the conversation, and thus is not worth defending.