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Comment author: OrphanWilde 01 February 2016 08:07:19PM 0 points [-]

Perfectly fair. (Given that I get the impression polymathwannabe doesn't like me very much, I appreciate the neutrality of the choice to defend, however, so I'd prefer not to discourage them in the general case.)

Comment author: polymathwannabe 01 February 2016 09:32:11PM 0 points [-]

I'm sorry that I gave you that impression. I may dislike your political opinions, but I don't dislike you.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 01 February 2016 09:56:04PM 0 points [-]

Oh! Thank you for stating that.

It's not something to apologize over, though, in either case. I think there are perfectly valid reasons to dislike me. I think there are valid reasons to like me, as well. I tend to treat like/dislike as a preference statement, rather than a value statement. (Which isn't universal, but people generally tend to use the word "hatred" with regard to negative valuation.)