Does it bother you when someone tries to malign someone's intelligence by saying something that's just as ignorant?

Does it bother you when someone tries to malign someone's intelligence by saying something that's just as ignorant?
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Actually, I find that someone going off on someone else’s intelligence is a clue to someone not so intelligent.
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