[krapp]

> Defense is impossible when you're asserting X, but also have to explicitly assert the entire universe of not-X.

And then they either ignore you or call you a liar, because the only reason they bothered to comment was to post their manifesto against y anyway.

[catach]

At least a bad faith signal makes it easy to bail from the discussion. Seemingly-honest, good faith confusion is somehow worse due to the obligation to clarify.