Do not derail topics with replies in "retaliation"

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@HMSGoose

More like “Don’t try to slay the trollies with rhetorical cleverness, for you quickly become the trolley, and then the overworked local militia has to muster and everything gets messy. All that happens then is good people end up getting hurt, and in the meantime no one can cross the bridge.”

I think I was mainly wondering if there was a more specific set of events being alluded to, in which case a few more details might prove instructive. But I also understand that sometimes a mod may not want to be more specific, lest it make people re-litigate closed issues. Basically I wanted to know if “welcome to BoingBoing” remarks were the impetus.