&quot;And yet Big Yud refuses&quot;<p>Please don&#x27;t try to argue by name-calling. A strong argument is stronger without it.<p>&quot;DH0. Name-calling.<p>This is the lowest form of disagreement, and probably also the most common. We&#x27;ve all seen comments like this:<p><pre><code>    u r a fag!!!!!!!!!! 
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But it&#x27;s important to realize that more articulate name-calling has just as little weight. A comment like<p><pre><code>    The author is a self-important dilettante. 
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is really nothing more than a pretentious version of &quot;u r a fag.&quot;&quot; - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;disagree.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;disagree.html</a>