# Disputing the warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-the-warning/791661 "2017-07-19T17:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-the-warning/791661/3 "2017-07-19T17:51:24Z")
I think in the first two examples in the linked warning you have daylight in making that argument. Both of those examples of the use of “stupidity” could have gone the other way, though. But in the case of TDS, in the context of your post, it was a bridge too far to construe it the way you are saying. > [@Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, according to US officials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799/1323): > > Trump knew the eyes of the world were on him and \*\*he _still_ held a secret meeting \*\*with Putin, hiding it from all Americans > [@Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, according to US officials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799/1362): > > It was at a dinner table, attended by all G20 leaders, their wives, and a gaggle of press photographers. Are you not aware of that? How in the world can that be **characterized as a “secret meeting” by anyone other than a Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer?** (my bold in each of the above). \*\*Entertainment Weekly: \*\*The Flash is a better show than Arrow! \*\*Person 1: \*\*_I agree, I really think The Flash is a better show than Arrow._ **Person 2:** _Anyone who thinks that The Flash is a better show than Arrow is stupid._ Your take is that Person 2 isn’t insulting Person 1? I disagree. This could easily be avoided by being clear on who you are trying to disparage. Maybe, _‘Entertainment Weekly is stupid’._ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-the-warning/791661)._