Yeah, you're right. Being polite doesn't make you more honest or sincere than being an asshole. I'd say that they're just not as correlated they seem to be at

Yeah, you're right. Being polite doesn't make you more honest or sincere than being an asshole. I'd say that they're just not as correlated they seem to be at times. I'm always suspect of any solution that goes to any extreme. I also think there are enough micro-cultures in the programming space, themselves crossing a myriad of geocultural contexts, to defy broad generalizations. I think it's most constructive and useful to approach it as a way of generally dealing with people and not a specific group. We haven't developed in such a way to easily and rationally react to abrasive responses in conversation. I don't think it creates a social atmosphere that optimally takes advantage of our modern context.