If being nice was a prerequisite for being right everyone from Socrates onwards is wrong.
Re:Clearing the Air
by jsmthrowaway on Monday June 09, 2014 @12:20AM
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In one sentence, subtly hinting that there's no possible way you could be wrong and comparing yourself to the great philosophers.
While impressive self-aggrandizing, in no way did I say "be nice" and that's a pretty disingenuous reading of what I wrote. You could have made your point without the little left hook in your text without trying to be nice.
Since you're arguing with me on something I consider to be readily apparent, I can mostly figure out that I'm wasting my time. (And, also, I have a hard time imagining Socrates responding to "I can't see your point of view" with "that's because you're not using your brain, dumbass.")
This is unnecessary and completely undermined any point you had.