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When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."[1] [1] h
by pseudalopex 4mo ago
When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."[1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- buellerbueller 4mo agoBrosky: I called them no names. I referred to their argument as bonkers...
- pseudalopex 4mo agoThe quoted guideline covered your false separation. The discouraged example called a statement idiotic.
- buellerbueller 4mo agoYet it did not allege that calling the statement idiotic is the same as calling its poster idiotic.
- hitekker 4mo agoYou’ve misinterpreted “bonkers” to mean “idiotic”. That failure of charity is on you, not the GP.