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by prophesi 3205 days ago
Nah, "don't do that; you'll die because you may get hit by traffic!" is constructive criticism. You have to give a reason for your positivity or negativity.
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I don't think we're going to agree if you think that "don't do that; you'll die!" is unconstructive hate speech and better left unsaid.
It's not hate speech, but definitely not constructive. And whether it's best left unsaid depends on the situation. Your street-crosser probably hasn't invested hours upon hours of time on researching and developing how they're going to run across the street.