&gt; ...you are implying he doesn&#x27;t know what he&#x27;s talking about...<p>It&#x27;s good to first be charitable when attempting to divine a conversation partner&#x27;s motives. If you go back and read more of what vezzy-fnord has said in the past, you&#x27;ll find that he doesn&#x27;t really rely on innuendo, and has no qualms with addressing false, misleading, or incorrect statements head-on. So, when he says:<p>&gt; But by and large most systemd proponents seem to scantly have any idea why they like it beyond parroting misconceptions and half-truths, much as many critics aren&#x27;t sure why they hate it.<p>he is stating the entirety of his observations, rather than slyly implying that his conversation partner doesn&#x27;t know what he&#x27;s talking about.