Free speech does not mean freedom from criticism.
bad_user and myself are both influencing others. We're not imposing anything at all. He's fine to criticize if he wants, that wasn't the issue at all. He didn't understand the difference between social pressure (which I'm advocating along with bad_user) and imposing. They aren't the same thing.
He's trying to split hairs with everyone on HN and not be intellectually honest so it's not worth discussing. Very easy to see what bad_user and myself meant. But the downvotes on noncoml's post speak for itself, most people are getting it.
Now you're repeating the complaints, and on top of that splitting hairs while complaining about others splitting hairs while doing so.
To me your responses just makes this whole exchange look sillier.
Just because someone disagrees with you, it doesn’t mean you have the intellectual honestly and he doesn’t.
Also, if it’s not worth discussing, just stop discussing. What’s with this passive aggressive statement?
Btw, since downvotes seem to be important to you: every single reply of yours in this thread is negative.
