10-16-2017, 07:27 AM
From Tom: "Some people just can't help making things personal and simply ignore the substance of the argument, no matter what the thread is about."
Precisely the point I have made on several occasions.
From Tom: "Deliberately switching "comment" to "opinions" to make a point...
In retrospect, my attempt to draw distinctions between "substantiate" and similar words was a bit much. A topic with potential to be confusing.
"comment" vs "opinion" is similar. If someone is going to make a big issue related to the distinction between these two meanings, we need to see way more elaboration than we have seen. (Gee, might someone ever use these words interchangeably? How stupid they must be to do that.)
And an accusation of trolling here? What a stretch. Probably best to let BOTH of these semantic issues drop.
Want to accuse someone of trolling? Pick a more legitimate complaint.
Precisely the point I have made on several occasions.
From Tom: "Deliberately switching "comment" to "opinions" to make a point...
In retrospect, my attempt to draw distinctions between "substantiate" and similar words was a bit much. A topic with potential to be confusing.
"comment" vs "opinion" is similar. If someone is going to make a big issue related to the distinction between these two meanings, we need to see way more elaboration than we have seen. (Gee, might someone ever use these words interchangeably? How stupid they must be to do that.)
And an accusation of trolling here? What a stretch. Probably best to let BOTH of these semantic issues drop.
Want to accuse someone of trolling? Pick a more legitimate complaint.