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> Accusing someone of deliberately faking their comments in order to co-opt discussion for an external interest is so far beyond the pale of civility that I'm not sure what else to tell you.

I truly and honestly believe you're seeing a level of animosity that genuinely is not there. I believe you may be reacting on a more reflexive level to a type of comment more than my actual comment, which is understandable to a degree. Yes, the first sentence said "you've more than earned your pay" but that sentence does not exist in a vacuum. It is immediately followed with a joke that to the vast majority of people would demonstrate a lighthearted mood in the comment, and I believe also would communicate to most people that my comment is a farcical statement. Yes, text is devoid of many contextual clues, but one context clue it is not missing is the entirely of the message.

I understand your interpretation, and we can agree to disagree on that aspect, but I would urge you to reconsider the position that my comment was "so far beyond the pale of civility". I made a joke about the tone of his comment, I did not accuse his family of contributing to genocide.




Oh, I'm definitely responding to the category of comment, and I totally believe you that you meant yours as a joke. But you're way, way overestimating how apparent that joke was.




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