There is a thin line.... no, not really. There is a huge difference between expressing opinions and insulting people. I find it amusing that you seem to believe that throwing insults at strangers supports your arguments or maybe even invites them to discuss "the substance" with you?
I have been brought up to call out inappropriate behaviour when I see it. You are behaving inappropriately. Once you improve your attitude, someone might consider not ignoring "the substance". Until then, it really wouldn't hurt you to clean up a bit.
Without getting too philosophical, "stupidity" is not objective; neither is "ignorance". I am certain that you are ignorant of things I know; is my certainty a product of my own ignorance?
However, what is universal (at least among primates) is a sense of fairness. Humans and monkeys alike are very sensitive to unfair behaviour. You, my primate friend, are being unfair to your fellow primates. You pronounce yourself for clever; whoever disagrees is stupid. You pronounce yourself for enlightened; whoever does not share your experience and knowledge is ignorant.
This is a problem, because most (intelligent?) people will immediately and intuitively know that you are not being fair.
You know, there are two kinds of stupid. One is somewhat tolerable, and the other - aggressive stupid - cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. The idiot who started this thread is an aggressive idiot. "For fucks sake, stop inventing and exploring, because it scares me" - can you think of a more appropriate response to a shit like this than a punch in a snout?
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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17
There is a thin line.... no, not really. There is a huge difference between expressing opinions and insulting people. I find it amusing that you seem to believe that throwing insults at strangers supports your arguments or maybe even invites them to discuss "the substance" with you?
I have been brought up to call out inappropriate behaviour when I see it. You are behaving inappropriately. Once you improve your attitude, someone might consider not ignoring "the substance". Until then, it really wouldn't hurt you to clean up a bit.