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i would love for you precisely identify what part of

>man i'm glad there are identifying details about you in your profile so i can avoid working with you

is an attack. it's an expression of my personal exasperation. there's literally not a single ascription of any qualities to the other person. you can ctrl+f "you" or "your" in this subtree

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22075698

and i in no place ascribe any qualities to anyone. my only other remark was pointing out the other person's belligerence which i still didn't make personal.

so either you can claim that there's something like a "zero tolerance" policy for antagonism or you can retract what you've accused me of.

this is my overarching point and has been for years on hn: it's evil to paint with a broad brush people that are actually antagonistic and those that don't feel they should toe the line in response to those people. your constitutional moderation is this brush.



> i would love for you precisely identify what part [...] is an attack.

It's basically the same as saying "I hate you". You hate them so much that you will go to great lengths to never work with them.

Maybe it's true—maybe you really do hate them—but stating as much is absolutely a personal attack IMO.

> it's an expression of my personal exasperation.

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."




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