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Because you make a piece of work attacking my work and defending your own
I would assume that anyone reacting in such a manner is immature and insecure in their own work. Insults are often not worth listening or reacting to, constructive criticism is. However if you respond to proper criticism by attacking the critic then you're an ass.
How do you define a proper criticism? I've seen proper criticism taken as an insult. But perhaps you're right its more likely to warrant a response with a strong criticizm in order to get a response, than to just flat out attack.
Or maybe its conditional?
Yeah it can be hard to differentiate between criticism and insults online. Often insults will be emotionally driven or have surface level analysis while proper criticism will have deeper insight into the topic and be delivered calmly.
I would assume immaturity or insecurity.
Well everybody has good and bad days. A disproportionate emotional response, especially one that gets apologized for later, is pretty easy to sympathize with. In many ways I like working with people who don't pretend to be perfect. But when people like really dig their heels in, and start burning mental and emotional energy due to somebody else criticizing their work or positions, its like a reality warping tunnel created by people who are mad at each other.