WHAP
I'm just going to keep bludgeoning people with my "RESPECT" hammer until you all learn to stop belittling each other for your views and mindlessly hating and backstabbing without any real context or attempts to resolve your issues one-on-one. Seriously, you don't have to call people out in public with cutting remarks to try and make them see it your way. If anything, that makes them want to respect you and your ideas even less, and any opportunity for rational debate is lost when mutual respect goes out the window.
Just.
Stop.
Reconcile your issues with that specific person through PM, one on one. We all have a sense of pride attached to our views, and when someone calls them out and disagrees with them in public, we get a bit miffed and tend to blow small negative remarks out of proportion, then we respond in kind as we see fit because "if they're not going to respect me then it's okay for me to do the same right"
No. No it's not. We all seem to have an "eye for an eye" picture of justice when it comes to the internet, but as the saying goes, another eye for another eye until everyone is blind. Be the better man in every argument. Genuinely attempt to understand your opponent. If no resolution can be made quickly and politely in public, take it to them privately. If we all want this hate-free world that we claim to perpetuate, then we should all lead the way first. Stop spreading hate and backstabbing. The burst of adrenaline and petty retaliation feels good for a moment, but it helps absolutely nobody in the long run and is quite simply detrimental to this site, our community, and every member in it.
So please, for all our sakes, respect your opponent and stop spreading hate. Resolve the argument in private if need be.
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