[timwaagh]

You ask 'why so extreme'. What mostly riles me up about some 'foss movement' people is the fact that some of them think they're morally superior. In cases like the poster I replied to it seemed obvious and I point out what his ethics actually mean in the end. Perhaps it will make him think.

[Eisenstein]

Honestly, it never works to get people to listen to what you have to say if you do it in a self-righteous, condescending, and abrasive manner. They just write you off as a jerk and it reinforces their belief that people who don't agree with them are unpleasant.

[haleudo]

> What mostly riles me up about some 'foss movement' people is the fact that some of them think they're morally superior.

That may be so. I also don't like that. But the way to address that is not to be full of yourself yourself.