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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:52AM (#17756203)
Maybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling, which is a violation of the site guidelines no matter how right you are. Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader. Please don't post like this to HN.

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

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by masklinn on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:59AM (#17756227)
> Maybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling

Calling a declaration patent nonsense is not "name-calling". Stuff which is "attacking and name-calling" however include:

* insinuating that the IRS rejects pre-filling declaration because they "would make less money" despite them having supported that effort

* declaring that tax declaration is "like a poker game" and that it's "just a fact" is

* insulting other commenters, as ransom1538 has done and I have not

> Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader.

Why would I need to substantiate a disagreement with an unsubstantiated assertion?

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @06:05PM (#17762331)
It is name-calling in the sense that the HN guidelines use the term, and you need to follow the rules here regardless of how badly someone else is breaking them.
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