“You said it’s mutually exclusive here and you said the opposite there” is adversarial in the sense that pointing out any sort of error or inconsistency is adversarial. In other words, it is literally adversarial, but it’s a good kind of adversarial. You can’t point out an inconsistency without being adversarial!
Nostalgebraist was also discernibly frustrated, which I think is a better explanation for the perception of adversarial tone; judging by his comment he’s quite right to be, but it’s nonetheless the case that this information is visible from his tone, and I think it’s this fact that creates the adversarial feel.
“You said it’s mutually exclusive here and you said the opposite there” is adversarial in the sense that pointing out any sort of error or inconsistency is adversarial. In other words, it is literally adversarial, but it’s a good kind of adversarial. You can’t point out an inconsistency without being adversarial!
Nostalgebraist was also discernibly frustrated, which I think is a better explanation for the perception of adversarial tone; judging by his comment he’s quite right to be, but it’s nonetheless the case that this information is visible from his tone, and I think it’s this fact that creates the adversarial feel.