It's understandable to want to object to a commenter who is being rude, but please don't do so in a way that makes the thread worse.

A gentle reminder of the rules is ok. It's also good to flag egregious comments. (To do that, click on a comment's timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag'.) We monitor those flags.

Since we're handing out advice here's one for you - Before YOU comment next time, maybe consider whether you yourself are actually interested in engaging in conversation, or just passing off your own assumptions as fact.

You've been consistently uncivil in this thread. Please don't do that. We ban accounts that do it repeatedly.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Most of us slip up from time to time and we all read things on HN that unduly provoke us, but it's critical not to channel that into rudeness on the site.

I was responding to rudeness in kind. Too bad. I guess I need to be sneaky like the others in phrasing it.

Please don't be sneaky in phrasing it. Instead, edit it out. Sneaky rudeness is a worse problem on HN than outright rudeness is, because it's more insidious. Outright rudeness at least tends to get flagged.

> I was responding to rudeness in kind.

Maybe so. But most everyone feels that way, so it's not an ok reason to break the rules.

That is half of what civility is - not being overtly hostile.