I get that. I understand the criticism that was offered was not constructive other than pointing out : "Hey, look. sed does this too. Waste of time.". My poin

I get that. I understand the criticism that was offered was not constructive other than pointing out : "Hey, look. sed does this too. Waste of time.". My point in quoting Pauli was not to show you that academia stays far away from non-constructive criticism. Quite the opposite. How does "You're not even wrong" help the author of the paper? It doesn't. It's an intentionally low blow meant to make the person reassess their position on the opinion they expounded upon. It's constructive in the fact that "maybe it'll knock some sense into them." I, too, think the authors of the tweets acted in poor form. However, I have stepped back and looked at this for what it is, someone being upset about bullying on the internet. Bullying in a pseudo anonymous information exchange should not be surprising to anyone, nor should anyone take it so personally. No boss is going to hire someone else because you got heckled on the internet, sorry. It'll be because you were lesser qualified than the other applicant.