Thank you for your apology. While you weren't rude to me, since I didn't get in on any of this, I had been pretty heavily downvoting you for your hostility. I was planning on looking through the thread in more detail to make sure I hadn't missed anything I thought should be downvoted, but I'm going to refrain from doing that now, and I've removed some downvotes I had made.

I have a habit of retracting my comments once I no longer agree with my past self. You might find that a worthwhile endeavour.

I was incredibly polite on the last debate; I still got downvoted.

I've just glanced at your whole list of comments. Unless I missed a page or something, I'm not seeing you get significantly downvoted in any systematic way in past discussions.

Either way, whether you were treated rightly or wrongly in the past, right now you're just being absolutely horrible and trollish, and your current behaviour would easily cause you to deserve to get banned, not just downvoted.

I was too much of an asshole; here it is in comment form.

I'm taking a 24 hour break, thom. I was over worked up, and I let it spill into this comment thread, overreacting to what people said.

I've probably acted like a jerk. not completely devoid of purpose, but a jerk nonetheless. I'd like to apologize for all of that. I had no call to be so rude to all of you.

Gah. I suppose I should repost this to the top.

I have no interest in addressing your video. That is not my purpose here. I saw you making what looked like a mistake, and felt the need to point it out. I also pointed out confusing parts of your comment in hope that you could resolve the confusion.

I have no interest in insulting you or making fun of you, nor have I done so. I also have no interest in "getting laid", and I'd prefer you keep your opinions regarding my private life to yourself.

And nobody's been here longer than me.

Note that the argument on my video isn't the video itself - it's whether the video is appropriate or not.

It's generally considered acceptable here to comment on style and presentation, and posters generally appreciate the feedback. It's... weird, to put it lightly, that you are responding to neutral-toned feedback with hostility.

This place likes to pretend that it's counter-norm, but it parrots the university line at the drop of a hat.

I'm not sure what you mean by "counter-norm", or why this place would like to pretend it is that.

Perfect soviet doublespeak.

I'm confused. I thought I knew what "doublespeak" was - a rhetorical technique described in 1984 wherein one simultaneously asserts a proposition and its opposite - and I don't see how the above would qualify.

I feel I was no more hostile than-- to use your argument-- someone judging a competent black doctor as incompetent thanks to their priors about affirmative action.

Ok now I think you might be trolling or trying to be cool and ironic. I don't like either.

GLaDOS, you are the first girl-computer to give me a bRoner.

The mind truly is the sexy organ, even for a playa like myself.

This sort of comment reinforces negative stereotypes pretty badly. There's a perception that people who self-identify as "race realists" are often simply smart versions of "bros" and have generally sexist attitudes. How much of that is due to halo effects and tribal allegiance issues isn't clear. But this sort of comment really doesn't help matters.

I may have to trust you to post the videos full of Truth

Capitalizing truth is never a good sign. If you feel a need to do it, it may be a good moment to step back from the keyboard and think carefully about what you believe, why you believe it, and how to most effectively communicate those reasons to people who may not agree.

I'm not your spouse, dude.