I certainly have experienced what you allude to. I am sure some have thought me rude when I have responded to statements I found inconsiderate. However, you know what they say about discussions of religion or politics in "polite" company...not to attempt it. Clashes from time to time seem inevitable. This site to me overall has seemed far more considerate than some. Reddit comes to mind as particularly rude.

I do not join groups "just to be contrary"...I AM contrary...stupidity and bigotry ENRAGE me. Period!

That's not all rudeness. People like to express themselves here.

I can come across as rude sometimes I expect, but hopefully we are all grown ups.

I will frequently give a one word response as it is sufficient to fulfill the criteria required of the message I intend.

I checked to see if weve interacted before. I don't think we have. Anyhow, grow a pair.

I've not run into much of that. Sure, I've had people who disagree with what I posted, but that's not being rude, that's having a discussion.

I have had members give seemingly rude replies to my comments. I do admit many of my comments can be upsetting for some. Not everyone has great writing styles (myself included) so often I give an explanation. Sometimes it leads to more questions and a discussion and sometimes it leads to names. I have not blocked anyone but simply ignore those that have crossed the rudeness border.

I won't give them voice, but I do know what you mean. It happens, I have had to block only one person.
The many wonderful people I've encountered on this site FAR out number the jerks so I just turn sideways and let the crap fly by.

IMHO, anyone who is asking the internet to be polite is tilting at windmills. Been at this way too long to get weepy over words in little white boxes. Is this very post rude? To some, probably. Oh well.

Internet internet internet banter banter banter.

“The joint prevalence of low self-esteem and online disinhibition among pathological internet users suggests that they may find the anonymity and asynchronicity of online interactions liberating, leading to greater disinhibition when they are online.“

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Examples are endless. Welcome to the site. Part of the deal for voicing an opinion someone doesn't agree with. Unfortunate.

Paragraph comment is rational, all the rest is BS.

Yeah, whinning in public is rude. Drives me nuts.

I won't read a long post if you don't break it into paragraphs - it's rude to post a wall of text as its a pain in the ass to read. Most people wont, so why not do it right and at least pretend you can organize your thoughts into coherant, mutually supportive sections of easily readable text? You're the one not getting what you want - people reading your stuff - so it's of much more benefit to you to use paragraphs than it is us.

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