[monksy]

Yes. There are different people with vastly different values out there.

> Myself and others tried to temper the conversation and return to civility, but they wouldn't have it.

You're feeding into their behavior. IMO We're seeing a huge conflict in culture: one side that is authoritarian against unpleasant language and the other that doesn't accept that (or the suggested changed). (That's a very simplified view of it)