Bingowings said:

When I read twooffour I read him as a self important, obsessive person who will pick any post to pieces even if it doesn't need to be.

Sometimes that's a good thing and it pretty much describes a large number of the people posting here, including myself.

It's my perception of his posting style and nine times out of ten I moderate my reaction based on that subjective reading of his style (which may not be anything to do with the actual person typing the words).

I think this sums it up pretty accurately.

Lots of the stuff I object to, doesn't really "need" any objections to be posted - there also are a lot of diplomatic, politically correct ways of getting across criticism of some perceived fallacy, than those I usually go with.
In most cases, people will rather listen to arguments said in a nice tone, because condescension and asperity are likely to activate defense mechanisms, and agreeing or complying begin to seem to come at a higher price.

But that's really all I do - I easily get annoyed by stupid arguments, especially in the context of argument or sweeping statements, and I mostly just tend to spout it out without any filtering.

I'm pretty sure I have no delusions about what subjects I actually know few things about, and which I don't (those I don't, you usually don't see me commenting on), and I've lost track of arguments often enough to know when I'm starting to fail.

Ok, I'm not outta this thread.