Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members?

What I really have a hard time with is when you give an opinion on one thing or another, just so happens to be HiFi here,, lets say I express my feelings about brand A, and why I dont like its design , its only an opinion. Thats it , just one jackasses (me) perception of a thing. To me this is so insignificant, its just passing time.. Maybe if someone is cool we can engage in intellectual debate for fun, lets see who can think well on thier rfeet. .. Nonetheless opinions are meaningless for our purposes in speaking of audio. There are people that will actually be offended by someone elses perception of a thing. Somehow they take someone elses perception personally. Talk about seeking discomfort. Its just weird to me. anyone understand this at all ?

I know exactly what you mean.I've responded to threads asking for opinions/experience with one component or another and have the op get upset and defensive if my experience differed from his.I never criticize people for having different tastes.Just stating I liked/disliked something and why/why not is not a personal attack!

It does seem as if some posters are just waiting to pounce on others with ideas and thoughts/experiences that are not inline with their own.I think some of these folks would have been classified as "Phone Bad Asses" back in the day.You know,Chuck Norris/Bruce Lee on the phone..Mr Rogers face to face.

  stop it , who has time to think like that