Splitting hairs perhaps? “Jerks” is intended to be an insult no matter how many people you’re talking to or about.
> it’s purpose is not to explain the frustration but to signal the intensity
Sure, that’s a plausible assumption, but it doesn’t help the conversation, nor make it okay or socially acceptable to hurl insults. Are you certain that was the purpose? Have you clarified that with the author of the comment?
Perhaps a better way to signal intensity is to explain what material impact the decision has on their workflow and daily lives. What is the cost in terms or time or money, or something else?
> whether or not something is socially acceptable is up to society, not to you.
Yeah, that’s correct. Did I claim it was up to me? I stated a fact, not my personal opinion. Throwing insults around is not socially acceptable, according to society, not me.
Its purpose is not to explain the frustration but to signal the intensity while clarifying the attribution: the person making the comment believes that Docker acted knowingly against their interest and does not buy the excuse that Docker put forward. I challenge you to express the same concepts with the same clarity in five times as many words.
I contest that name-calling is not an escalation over doublespeak.
Finally, whether or not something is socially acceptable is up to society, not to you.