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"First of all, I don't know about you, but I don't come to HN and try to have a somewhat intelligent conversation just to be called stupid for expressing an opinion."

He didn't call you stupid for expressing an opinion, he called that particular view stupid.




Saying that a particular view is stupid without offering any additional information or another viewpoint is... well...

This isn't 7th grade — come up with another word that really means what you want to say. There are a lot of ways to disagree with someone and/or an idea without the derogatory language.


I don't think it was intended to be persuasive, but I don't believe it was meant as a targeted insult either.




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