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 I wish I saved the link to this message, because there was a brilliant summary of the problem when someone asked a jerk why they wrote such a horrible reply

The jerk replied that they needed to let this other guy know they were an idiot an they couldn't downvote them, so they "had to" write a message explaining why the other person was wrong

It's a common fantasy that no downvotes or forced reply with downvote will make people amicable, but no one who observes people can believe this will work