[dleary]

“Triggered” implies an emotional or irrational overreaction to some stimulus. Describing your opponents as a “cult” also implies that they are non rational.

The GP described opposition to his argument, before it was presented, as coming from triggered members of a cult.

If this is not poisoning the well, what changes to his argument need to be present for it to cross over the line?

How much more clear does it need to be?

[lelanthran]

> The GP described opposition to his argument, before it was presented, as coming from triggered members of a cult.

And to rub salt into the wound, he then went on to describe his preference as "the most correct".

I wonder what he primarily programs in.

[ivanmontillam]

> I wonder what he primarily programs in.

Let me dissipate your wonderance.

I started my programming life with Delphi and C++ (pre-C++11), and when Delphi IDE became too bloated, I jumped to Python 3.x and didn't take it too seriously until Python 3.6 onwards.

[fluoridation]

It's not about crossing a line. For it to be poisoning the well it would need to have a characteristic that it simply doesn't have. At no point does the comment attempt to present its detractor's opinions as inherently invalid or worthy of less consideration.

[bazoom42]

It suggests they are reacting negatively because they are in a cult.