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In my entire tenure on HN, I have never wanted to reply to a comment with something that would get me flagged so strongly as this. That deserves some kind of a

• alphapapa 11y ago
  And in the same way, I find your comment amazing. What have I said that is so wrong? What have I said that has incensed you so? If I had made a racist, truly bigoted comment about people of one skin color or another, that would be understandable. Or if I had said that all people of one religion or another were bad people, that would be understandable. Or if I had said that all people of one sex, or from one place, or who do one kind of job were bad, that would be understandable. But I haven't said anything like that. I've simply stated some facts which anyone can verify with a few moments of googling. Why does that anger you so? And if what I have said is untrue, why not just cite some Wikipedia article or random web site that refutes my statements? Or if my statements are generalized and need to be nuanced, why not just point that out? Whether you agree with me or not, I've made some assertions which should be verifiable or disprovable. It's starting a conversation which can move forward toward the truth, whatever that truth may be. If you think the truth is not what I've said, then why don't you show me what you think the truth is? When you, instead, give the impression that you're so red-faced with anger that steam is pouring from your ears and you can't speak through your clenched teeth, that doesn't make you appear to be the reasonable one. If you're truly speechless, the question is, why?