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It's called polemic. Just because something is polemical doesn't mean it is untrue or unsound. Tone does not discredit content.

Technically true, but I'm kind of sick of seeing it. The more time I spend online, the more nauseated I feel when I read people writing serious documents who can't even be civil.

If either of the criticism articles that I saw links to here were actually posted as comments on HN, dang would be asking them to reword their criticisms to be less hostile and aggressive.

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