We ask, once someone else makes a firm statement and takes a firm position on a matter, we ask, why? Like a child, we repeatedly ask why to each supposedly conclusive empirically proven, evidence-based response to a comment. Once we reach the point of driving our opponent to near emotional and physical and certainly spiritual exhaustion, we unleash our theories.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
commentary (noun)1.
a) an explanatory treatise - usually used in plural
b) a record of events usually written by a participant - usually used in plural
2.
a) a systematic series of explanations or interpretations (as of a writing)
b) - comment
3.
a) something that serves for illustration or explanation - the dark, airless apartments and sunless factories … are a sad commentary upon our civilization H. A. Overstreet
b) an expression of opinion