he was respectful in the first reply. now if you drag him into opinion pieces you are asking him to pull out his full guns, and deserve no more respect than he wants to give. you earn the respect, and you are not entitled to it right off the bat.
I 100% agree with you that you have to earn respect - but not on the part that you do not deserve it anymore if you start a discussion. Even if we would agree, no respect does not equals being unfriendly and calling names.
I believe it would not hurt if everyone would be a bit more friendly. Especially when trying to attract new developers for a project.
Sigh... yet another one.
When did this go from "Hacker News" to "He said mean things and I am very sad now News"?