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IFireflyl on 26 January 2015
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the_dengle said:

"Inciting abuse or harassment - of anyone. This includes attempting to discredit any user based on their preferences."

So dismissing a user's argument on the grounds that they are or are not a fan of the object of discussion is flaming?


If I understand correctly, you are free to dismiss their argument on whatever grounds you want, as long as you don't do it verbally, or you have valid reasons why you're dismissing it (e.g. I don't see any facts that support your argument, etc). If you tell them you're dismissing their argument because they're a fanboy (or the like) then that violates this rule:

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