re: #597 LudwigVanQuixote

Ludwig, I wasn’t aware of the prior thread and so it is not in my context. Clearly though it is your stock answer, your opponents are always either ignorant or dishonest or both according to your statements. Even my point earlier in the thread, which was based upon logic and the use of language, was “dense” in your estimation.

This may or may not be how you argue in your peer group, but in the context of a chat forum it is a bully technique and only weakens your points. You are certainly entitled to question the knowledge or expertise of those purporting to have same and the knowledge you bring to the table is welcome and useful, but is it not possible to do so with some measure of courtesy?

I am not suggesting that you should accept as “experts” those who you believe are not, simply that it is possible to dispute them on the grounds that they are incorrect without the added insults and allegations of impure motives and thoughts.