When someone replies to a statement you made by calling you names, they're implicitly saying that's it's true. Otherwise they could have shown why you were wrong.
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It sounds like you're making an unwarranted assumption about their intellectual capacity here. Someone might believe that you're wrong -- and might even be correct in such a belief -- while still being incapable of formulating an argument to justify their belief.
Yes, that's true. I considered adding the qualification that they could simply be stupid and/or inarticulate, but I figured I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.
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I figured I was giving them the benefit of the doubt by thinking they were stupid rather than speaking in bad faith Interesting difference in perspectives. ;-)
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Come to think of it, it's an interesting question: Is it worse to be thought to be stupid or to be thought to be dishonest? I would rather have people think that I'm stupid, but I'm not entirely sure that isn't simply because I could disprove that more easily.
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They might also simply believe that you are too stupid to be edifying to argue with... there are a lot of reasons this axiom is more self-serving than true.
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