# "We aren't" != "You are"

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**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-arent-you-are/822367 "2018-10-03T13:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-arent-you-are/822367/6 "2018-10-03T14:27:03Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> This warning is ridiculously unfair. Seriously? Saying “At least we aren’t being jerks. . .” is _not at all the same_ as saying “You are a jerk.”
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> I did not insult anybody. I did invite him to try the shoe on and see if it fit. He felt it didn’t, and I let it go.
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> A _WARNING_ for that?
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> Please reconsider.
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> [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21243942&postcount=981](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21243942&postcount=981)

I saw it the same way as the mod. It was clearly a backhanded swipe at the poster you quoted. In particular, since the second line of your post is clearly speaking directly to the poster in a critical way. There is no ambiguity as to who your comment was calling out.

Here is the full comment:

> [@Better Call Saul: Season IV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-iv/818792/958):
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> Well, at least I kept _my_ assertions to under novel-length.

> [@Better Call Saul: Season IV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-iv/818792/983):
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> Well, at least we aren’t being jerks or trying to stifle the conversation. By all means, start a “BCS/talk to me in one-liners” thread.

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