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Originally Posted by BelleZora
I don't go along with any idea that his super-writer status prohibits him from swinging back when attacked.
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"Swinging back when attacked" is poor metaphor here. You might fight back when attacked physically to protect your self from harm. Being polite would NOT have caused him harm.
Metaphors on the matter of returning rudeness with more rudeness should be more on the order of:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me."
or
"Don't stoop to their level."
or
"Two wrongs don't make a right."
...As the moderators here often have to remind most of us.
His status as a super-writer is only relevant in that, as one who's living is directly tied the public's opinion of him, he should be extra-aware of the above, as there are more people who will dislike him for being insulting than who will like him for it.