T Murphy's Journal: /. pet peeve #1

Most posts assuming the parent an idiot are just misunderstanding the parent. If people would read posts with the assumption the author is not an idiot, and that they are reading the post wrong (or the post is badly worded) we could avoid a lot of flaming. Of course, there are plenty of people out there who just want to be annoyed (or superior, or both), so as soon as they get an excuse, they go with it and start flaming. Yes, there is the occasional true idiot, but more often than not the person calling the parent an idiot looks worse.