jpperry:

Kade, if you disagree with the poster you shouldn't tell him/her to "shut up," you should try to disprove his/her arguments. Or offer some arguments of your own.

I'd have to go with Scott Adams' line of thinking on this--the only answer to a stupid argument is another stupid (though intentionally in this case) stupid argument. Kade is pretty much right on here.

On most boards I'd figure the OP was just a troll. Not on Slate, though...