[ergocoder]

But the protest isn't about who funds whom. It's about criticizing what Israel is doing.

> If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up.

I want to discuss it but you misunderstand the topic and seem angry based on your own misunderstanding.

[neaden]

I didn't misunderstand or get angry. You brought up people not protesting Palestine. I didn't insult you, belittle you, or anything else so I don't know why you would think I'm angry except you've just decided everyone who agrees with you is angry, which is a bad habit to have

[ergocoder]

You were definitely angry given your comment here "If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up."

If you weren't, we would just discuss normally without insulting that the other side didn't have intention to discuss in a discussion forum.

So, somehow my comment angered you that you had to resort to the tactics of undermining the other side.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

They were expressing a normative statement about an observation they made; that you took it as an insult is your problem. You brought up Palestine, then said this discussion isn't about Palestine. Indeed, if you think something is not relevant to the discussion, you should not bring it up in a given discussion.

[ergocoder]

Because they obviously tried to make it any insult by attacking the person they discussed with.

Who said it wasn't about Palestine? Who even thinks that? We are talking about the protest regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict, right?

So, you think Palestine is irrelevant to the discussion of ... rolling the dice ... the Israel-Palestine conflict

[neaden]

I did not insult you, it seems like you are just having trouble understanding other people.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

> Because they obviously tried to make it any insult by attacking the person they discussed with.

It is not an insult to observe another's behavior and commment on it. What you've pulled out from their comment and called an insult reads as an admonishment. It is no worse than saying "you misunderstand the topic and seem angry based on your own misunderstanding". Bear in mind, I am not saying that is an insult, either, but another admonishment. Rather, you appear to be using this accusation as a tactic to discredit people who are not agreeing with you with you.

> Who said it wasn't about Palestine? Who even thinks that?

These questions are how a reader can be sure you are not discussing in good faith. I was referring to this commment, which was posted by you: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535128>. The child comment of that one which you took as an insult appears to be expressing the commenter's exasperation at your discussion style, seeing it seems to be conducted in bad faith.

> So, you think Palestine is irrelevant to the discussion of ... rolling the dice ... the Israel-Palestine conflict

I don't believe I wrote anything to that effect but you're welcome to correct the record, I suppose.

Separately, I'm noticing you told on yourself in the comment I initially replied to, the behavior observable in your comments in this thread: "So, somehow my comment angered you that you had to resort to the tactics of undermining the other side." As you accuse, you've been trying to undermine the arguments made by others rather than addressing the substantive points they raise.