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A time-honored rule is to comment on the idea, not the
persons or groups who might be expressing the idea.
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There are some people who seem to live by the rule
If you don't want to be ridiculed,
stop saying ridiculous things.
... which contains a partial truth, but misses a
couple of larger points. One problem is that all
of us say ridiculous things from time to time. Also,
just because an idea can be ridiculed doesn't always
mean it should be.