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So what you're saying is that Matt is a tyrant because he isn't as an effective communicator as DHH is? That's quite an unusual take on tyranny.

Or perhaps that's not what you are saying at all, but are just a poor communicator yourself? If that's the case, I am surprised you are not more sympathetic to the folly of interpreting such statements without other context. Dunning-Krueger effect strikes again, I suppose.

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I said that Mullenweg's explanation of the buyout makes him come across as a petty tyrant.

I didn't say that poor communication is what qualifies someone as a tyrant.

There is no objective measure of what makes a tyrant. If one comes across as a tyrant, they are a tyrant!

You did say, as interpreted by the reader, that his poor communication skills makes him come across as a tyrant, and therefore that is what makes him a tyrant.

That may not be what you meant, but in that case we're right back to you and the poor communication skills of your own.

It feels like you're bending over backwards to misinterpret what I said, so I'm going to stop engaging with you.

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