I pointed out an error in the piece in question which caught my eye. The way I choose to express this was inappropriate.



A science-fiction setting does not automatically mean that real world parallels do not apply. It is very clear that the piece in question, while science fiction at our current date, takes real world elements of military tech to blend the lines of where the fiction starts. A magazine inserted backwards into a weapon stands out as a strange (I should have assumed purposeful) thing to do that breaks that blend of fiction vs reality.



When you choose to offend someone, it's not a matter of whether you "fear" anything about them. You will not be physically assaulted through your computer monitor because you hurt someone's feelings. Manners are about standards common decency, and if you feel that you do not need them for people you have contempt for, that is your business.



Taking a holier-than-thou stance to call out someone else's negative attitude is just silly.