[smokedetector1]

Would you prefer OC was more specific, ie “the author turned out to be a racist”, or do you have an issue with calling someone like this despicable?

[IAmBroom]

Obviously, I would prefer OC was more specific. I said as much.

[smokedetector1]

Genuine question: are you on the spectrum? I find this reaction strange

[IAmBroom]

Wait... so you are perfectly OK with hating someone on the basis of some random online poster telling you that you should, with no explanation?

Wow.

[smokedetector1]

I don’t automatically hate someone because someone calls them despicable

[linksnapzz]

I always read that word as though it were being pronounced by Daffy Duck; "you're dethpikable!".

[cwmoore]

Is it not obvious? Replace “fairly despicable” with “white nationalist” instead of whatever anyone might imagine could make a mathematician despicable?

[smokedetector1]

Why does this shorthand upset you?

[cwillu]

A shorthand is generally unambiguous in context; this was not.

[smokedetector1]

Why does it matter to you so much that OC is unambiguous?

[cwmoore]

It was off-topic already. You driving it further is obsessive and ill-intended.

[cwillu]

Because I'm not on-board with every moral failing that is called “despicable” by someone being disqualifying or even relevant.

[cwmoore]

I am not upset. It is obviously obstusely, impenetrably vague. What is your problem?