Paul Boddie wrote:
Right, but those good points are still worth taking on board. There have been Xah Lee posts which have been relatively constructive,
The last time that he did do so that I read, I responded rationally like I would with any other normal post. He responded with foul insults. End of discussion.
> when the only responses are from people who see the name and can't be
bothered reading the message before issuing a stock "he's a troll"
False premise.
response, the tone is likely to remain vulgar from that point onwards.
He was vulgar even when I did ignore the name and did bother to read and write (not 'issue') a specific response. He has also 'blown' opportunities on the py-dev list.
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