He did not call you a troll, he called people that love language wars trolls.<p>If you self identify with 'people that love language wars' then that's something you can't blame him for.<p>Loving language wars and debating the finer points of the pros and cons of various languages are two different things.<p>Language wars are almost without exception based in the people having them, not in the relative merits of the languages.<p>Think of it as religion: If you were born in Iran you probably are a muslim, if you were born in Italy chances are you're catholic and if you were born in India chances are you are a hindu.<p>You could have debates all day long about 'whose' religion is the better one (or the true one), but it would be an argument mostly rooted in to your familiarity with a certain religion because of your heritage.<p>An objective argument would essentially require parties to give some ground based on real arguments, in a language war that rarely if ever happens.<p>Debate is to advance a common viewpoint, not to get your way. Then a gun will suffice. And plenty of religious wars indeed devolve in to violence.