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Here, I rewrote the parent comment with a set of substantive points rather than namecalling. Same message, but much more constructive in nature.

“I met her in 2003, along with her aides at a party I was invited to (in a fluke) in Palm Springs.

She was ignorant of tech and science then, and now she's the same but more senile (as happens with age). Her aides, who ended up hanging out with me all weekend, were a perfect illustration of the classic trope of donor class kids who weren't that smart but got into ivy League schools by legacy admissions. Zero intellectual curiosity, super aware of social status, everything they said seemed preplanned and inauthentic.... Just left me feeling gross.”

I don’t think ‘dang would have had an issue with that wording. It doesn’t take much to be substantive rather than resorting to ad hominems; the latter is just easier.




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