Good point.
"Nobody ever gets that really mad at somebody unless they fear he will be believed."
Better?
Better?
No; when reading this I had no idea that you had (apparently) added the modified quote specifically in response to the grandparent, and thus I read the grandparent as an objection to the second version. And the objection stands.
(In fact, the grandparent actually says "I would not agree even with the second statement", so now I'm confused: what did you change?)
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: