I am tired of the banter on this website for one reason: it isn't civil. People must think that just because this is the internet and no one can see you, no one can hold you personally accountable for the things you say and do on here, you can run rampant, be flagrantly mean, and insult people in place of actually responding to their intellectual ideas. All the correction of grammar, pointing out spelling mistakes, calling people mean names, overreacting to posts and replies is out of hand, and I'm tired of it.

People who are outright rude, mean, insulting, and immature kill threads and demolish discussions. I can't imagine that this is a site meant for that. I came here with the hopes of reading some interesting point of views, perhaps agreeing, perhaps disagreeing, but discussing everything intellectually. I didn't come here to be insulted because my point of view may differ from yours. I didn't come here to be defensive and wind up attacking other people because I'm so used to being attacked. I've become just as guilty as the next person because I'm so used to people attacking everything I do on this site.

There's a messaging system on here. How about if you have something very unpleasant to say (and you can't hold it in for whatever reason), you utilize the messaging system and speak to that person you're so filled with passionate anger for and keep it between the two of you? Or how about you just stop reading posts that are going to make you hurt other people? And it doesn't even come down to hurting people's feeling through unnecessary insults. I'm a perfect example of how when you insult someone enough for no reason, they start expecting insults and overreacting to things that weren't meant for them. It isn't right, and it's detracting from this site. When I first came on here, I called someone "Dude," and he wanted to kill me! Since when is Dude an insult? Frankly it isn't, we're just so sensitive on here because there are some people who are blatantly insulting and mean for no reason.

What I hope for on this site is some kind of truce. Stop insulting people just because they have a different opinion. Argue your own, but also don't expect anyone to change their opinion, no matter how hard you argue your point. There is NO PLACE for meanness, insults, name-calling, or anything of the sort here. We're all adults, and if we're not, we should strive to be mature and respectful of one another.

And if you insist on insulting me or cutting down my argument, from now on, I'm ignoring you, because I know you're no longer worth it.