this is all besides the point. the point was that Joseph can’t think that harsh, blunt comments that are hardly going to be well received by many many people are appropriate tochacha. it’s plain wrong. according to halacha there has to be a chance they will accept it and you have to know they will not be turned off by it. there is no question in anyones mind (due to past experience) that those words on a public forum were not going to be received well. that means it does NOT conform with the halachik standards for being appropriate.
we argue about somantics and he goes off to the corner licking his paws.