intemperately

This is the comment where someone having a bad morning decides to jump into the fray with the parent commenter by arguing back just as intemperately.

I see that some other commenters have taken exception to his tone, but there is another way of looking at that, which is to discount his opinion /because/ it is intemperately worded.

The general internet doesn't really feel constrained by that, so you have people who know next to nothing about the Linux kernel who nevertheless feel entitled to very strong and intemperately expressed opinions about it.

From Merriam-Webster:Definition of abuse1 : a corrupt practice or custom — the buying of votes and other election abuses 2 : improper or excessive use or treatment : misuse — drug abuse 3 : language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly, intemperately, and angrily — verbal abuse a term of abuse 4 : physical maltreatment —child abuse sexual abuse 5 obsolete : a deceitful act : deceptionThey explicitly said they were upfront with their peers about how criticism is delivered.