“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

― Isaac Asimov, 1980

at least that long

This isn’t killing with kindness, this is using the facade of kindness to belittle someone and their opinion.

Do you really think they need a hug, or are you just insinuating that their opinion looks like an emotional outburst?