The X is simply a "Disagree" button. We all go back in forth with debates and opinions. It's what makes a forum a forum and besides all the informative posts adds a bit of color. If you're going to have an opinion you're going to get opinions on your opinion too. It's not meant to threaten or down grade. Just banter. Many guys here have been around for a while, so you kind of know which card you're going to be dealt by someone in reply to what you are currently typing. This is a great forum with an awesome pack of members. No one is here to be hard on anyone, even with the odd wayward remark flying about every so often
Yes, I agree....the disagree button is simply that. Every one of us disagrees with someone every day and sometimes we say so. This is nothing more and nothing less than that. The tell someone that you are going to disagree with him or her is, to my mind, not threatening, but a statement of fact. To tell someone you disagree, but will not do so out loud (by using the X) is rather meaningless to me.