[zedshaw]

First off, only my mother gets to tell me to "watch my tone". Random jackoffs online can go fuck themselves if they think they've earned my respect by default, especially if those same jackoffs use political rhetoric to harm and steal from others.

My tone is simply a reaction to the tone of arrogance and superiority most objectivists and commenters take. If you don't want to be ridiculed, then don't write like a arrogant douchebag with zero self-awareness. Those kinds of people are due a large dose of insulting and "tone".

[jacobtracey]

redthrowaway's comment:

> You can make the same argument without being an ass about it.

Your reply:

> It's funny how me pointing out the stupidity and bullshit of a group of criminals makes me an asshole...

You completely missed their point, how you can't see that is beyond me.

[wtallis]

Careful, now. It looks like you're saying that calling something stupid bullshit is being an asshole. Some of us happen to believe that stupid bullshit is a real thing and that there are circumstances where calling something stupid bullshit may be entirely fair and justified.

Try defending against the accusation itself instead of taking the stance that the accusation is always automatically invalid.

[jacobtracey]

Yeah, I wasn't saying that at all.

I was attempting to show that his response was a strawman.

After further reading I'm guessing his entire online personality is an act though so the topic seems to be worthless discussing.

[redthrowaway]

>It looks like you're saying that calling something stupid bullshit is being an asshole.

No, being an asshole while calling something bullshit is being an asshole. A ^ B |- A. You can say something's bullshit without ridiculing people. Zed's problem isn't that he says unpopular things, it's that he seems to try to be as rude as possible in saying them.

Saying something's bullshit isn't necessarily rude. Saying something's bullshit and anyone who disagrees with you is an idiot|hypocrite|moron|asshole is.

[wtallis]

> "Saying something's bullshit and anyone who disagrees with you is an idiot|hypocrite|moron|asshole is."

The truth of that statement still depends on what the issue is. There are some beliefs you really do have to be stupid or disingenuous to espouse.

[rhizome]

So is it actually your point that the floor is now littered with fee-fees over the difference between "ass" and "asshole?"

[amagumori]

in the immortal words of The Dude - you're not wrong, zed, you're just an asshole. escalating discussions into flamewars by being unnecessarily inflammatory hurts the quality of the discussion for everyone.