I have seen a great deal of the tumblr commentary, and commentary elsewhere, and had seen it before writing my comment. I agree much of it was extremely vicious, and perhaps there is worse than the “he should kill himself” one which I have not seen. This changes nothing about the likely consequences of Duncan’s snark. It makes that snark more forgivable, certainly; I don’t think Duncan is a bad person for responding to attacks with moderate snark. But I do nevertheless think that said snark is harmful, and since Duncan is a person who I respect, I think it worth my time to suggest this to him.
I have seen a great deal of the tumblr commentary, and commentary elsewhere, and had seen it before writing my comment. I agree much of it was extremely vicious, and perhaps there is worse than the “he should kill himself” one which I have not seen. This changes nothing about the likely consequences of Duncan’s snark. It makes that snark more forgivable, certainly; I don’t think Duncan is a bad person for responding to attacks with moderate snark. But I do nevertheless think that said snark is harmful, and since Duncan is a person who I respect, I think it worth my time to suggest this to him.