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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Aug 2015

    Assholes think being right excuses one for being rude much as conservatives think it excuses one for being mean.

    11:07 AM - 14 Aug 2015
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Aug 2015
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        (And needless to say both are often mistaken about the right part, leaving rude + wrong or mean + wrong respectively.)

        5 replies 13 retweets 43 likes
      3. Bob Metcalfe‏Verified account @BobMetcalfe 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg - And here you are being rude, mean, and wrong. Trifecta!

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      2. Jeff Thompson‏ @jwthomp 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg I feel microagressed

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Aug 2015
        Replying to @jwthomp

        @jwthomp Microapologies.

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      1. Fazal  💭‏ @mfyameen 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg haha. Awesome!

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      1. Garrett Gillas‏ @garrettgillas 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg The thing about people that are brutally honest is that most of them like the brutality more than the honesty.

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      1. Andy (A2002980)‏ @DrVxD 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg so a bit like cyclists then?

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      1. Michael Wiik‏ @mwiik 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg This John Wooden quote http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnwooden135100.html … seems a restatement of the robustness principlepic.twitter.com/JcUZdZyGW6

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      1. omar h tellez‏ @ohtellez 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulgpic.twitter.com/q7rTS83ZOZ

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      1. Luke Brown‏ @Lukester00 16 Aug 2015
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        @paulg @davemcclure Looks like you had some less than charming interaction with others. Life's way too short for that

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      1. Nicu Mihalache‏ @NicuMihalache 15 Aug 2015
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        @paulg @gassee It turns out that those who are rude and / or mean, are also wrong much more often than they think they are!

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      1. Bond Lady‏ @wideclops 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg @ngkabra Paul, that's very harsh and unlikely of your usual tone?

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      1. Travis Beauvais‏ @MrTravisB 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg a lot people think it's mean or rude to disagree with them.

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      1. Vasu‏ @vasusrini 14 Aug 2015
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        "Assholes think being right excuses one for being rude." - @paulg

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      1. Caótico Neutro‏ @theleminion 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg being right should just be its own reward.

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      1. Dan Horton‏ @danhortondaily 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg All agree then, conservatives are "right", no?

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      1. ZF‏ @AmYisraelChai16 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg @davemcclure So said the anti-Israel bigot. Don't be a hypocrite it's really juvenile.

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      1. craigsuperstar‏ @craigsuperstar 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg The most assholic are those who claim that people who correct them are rude and mean.

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      1. Marc Littlemore‏ @MarcLittlemore 14 Aug 2015
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        @paulg I had a words about a very rude very senior tech expert. Was told "that's the way he is." Not to me he's not! Doesn't make it right.

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