Just a monthly reminder to calm the fuck down

I'm going to drop this here because it was more or less the conclusion to my discussion with /u/nowfindreddit but is hidden under a link now.

Come on guy. My arguments? I did not post here as an argument, you did.

Fair enough, then. That was not my interpretation. And I don't feel my response to your assertion that we clicked was out of line and neither were my follow ups to your name calling.

Listen, I'm here to talk hockey and the Habs like everyone else and, while I'm brusque, I never just call people names. I've been accused of being aggressive, which is fine, but I'm not any more so than the host of posters who continually bait other people, and I feel I'm arguing in good faith at the very least, which is more than I can say for them. I am playing on an internet forum, using the rules that I perceive, just like everyone else here. I honestly don't internalize any of the garbage that's tossed my way. I don't feel our exchanges reflect on your character or that they mean your hockey experience is somehow less than mine. I am learning the game, I've never hidden that, and the debates on this forum are part of that. The other side of that is that I have long experience on forums and I'm very good at building solid arguments and explaining them to other people. Make of that what you will.

When I'm told to lay off, I generally do. If this community wants to set up places where we can just chat about how we feel about the team, I'm cool with that. If people want to label some threads as analytic free, I'm cool with that too. But, until then, I'm going to challenge people's statements using the information available to me as I see fit. I've been consistent in my point of view all season, I've thrown out relatively comprehensive explanations for why I think the way I do, and what I get back is only slightly above the level of name calling (with notable exceptions). That's how I want to talk hockey.

You can paint me as the bad actor here if you'd like, but I don't think that hold up.

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