Civility does not work when ignorance is at play, and when the consequences of inaction can be severe. Civility is always how people get ideas to stick as beli

Civility does not work when ignorance is at play, and when the consequences of inaction can be severe. Civility is always how people get ideas to stick as belittlement and ridicule just doesn't work. It's not what you say; it's how you say it. That's the first rule of effective communication since humans were around to communicate and your inability or unwillingness to accept some deocurm in your speech isn't helping the situation. If civility worked for the Civil Rights Movement, it will work to educate programmers. Empathy carries greater weight than chest-thumping about being right if you're trying to convince someone. The OP was an entry about empathy. Try to have some. As for the QandA forum, I'm not giving those jerks free traffic. You don't need to accept what I say at face value. Use your objectivity (if it hasn't been ground down to a pulp by your own ego).