I m not offended I was a fucking sailor I m just telling you to stop being a jerk to your fellow editors We re not here for an education in how trivial you think it is to treat another person with dignity even though they don t live up to your standards There s no need to dismiss someone like that not because we re all looking for the fainting couch but because it s designed to be maximally dismissive and provocative You told someone they weren t worth listening to in the first comment It s completely fine to tell someone their opinion needs to be backed up with evidence but there s no reason to do so like you did It demeans any sense of level debate and coarsens things needlessly Sure if someone is pissing you off or not getting the point responding like you did would be perfectly reasonable We will all be blunt and discourteous when we re in a rush or egged on or whatever In that context what you said above is pretty tame even around here But you seemed to assume that posture the instant someone made an assertion you didn t like If they felt they were making a reasonable contribution to the discussion a comment such as theirs is pretty common in RfCs and elsewhere then what were they to think when you reacted as you did Should they have thanked you for your implicit education in how tough the real world is by comparison Maybe leaving the discussion or ignoring the slight is easier I certainly understand why people you ve treated like crap wouldn t readily confront you about it What would they gain from doing so All I m saying is don t be a jerk