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Re:Astronomers discover a strange galaxy without dark matter by mlyle on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:37AM (#29917529)
Why does that affect how it's reasonable to discuss here?

It doesn't matter the topic: if I think, say, global warming critics elsewhere have been jerks, I still don't improve things if I talk in roaring hyperbole and dismissiveness in statements about it here. I won't get listened to, and I won't improve the quality of discourse.

From the first two site guidelines for comments:

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

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

Continuing on to:

> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

Re:Astronomers discover a strange galaxy without dark matter by sahil50 on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:13PM (#29939718)
As an example of how the cold dark matter (CDM) establishment behaves, http://astroweb.case.edu/ssm/mond/fanmail2014.html
Re:Astronomers discover a strange galaxy without dark matter by mlyle on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:37PM (#29942749)
... there's some other people, elsewhere, in academic circles, acting in a way you don't like.

So this is an excuse to be rude to different random strangers here, because they might (or might not) share some views with the people acting in the way you don't like?

I'm really patiently trying to explain this to you. "These other people were rude first" is never a good argument. It's even worse when the "other people" aren't here or a party to the discussion.