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Not everyone who disagrees with you is lying. Accusing people is a bad look here on HN. "Assume good faith" is the standard. You can say "You're wrong". "Yo
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
Not everyone who disagrees with you is lying. Accusing people is a bad look here on HN. "Assume good faith" is the standard.
You can say "You're wrong". "You're lying", though, is almost never appropriate, and is, in itself, quite hostile.
- hluska 2y agoAgain “users are too stupid”. That’s remarkably hostile to users and doesn’t belong.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoFine. But "you're lying" is also hostile, and also doesn't belong. (I see that you edited that bit out of your post, so thanks for listening...)
- francislavoie 2y agoPlease read my other comments. I'm not using "stupid" in the derogatory sense. I'm using it as a recognition of the skill/knowledge gap between technical and non-technical users.