The question is where did insults or lies start?
That would take going back years and what would it prove. I'd say the latest round of insults really kicked up with a macbot called puget a GD EVIL LIAR.
That would probably be the worst one. I'm kind of used to being called a troll immediately when posting something that doesn't praise apple, so I won't even consider that much of a name calling issue anymore. But I bet most without the history would consider that the first round.
For example. if Puget posts a thread about iPhone 4 having yellow screen issues. And then I reply with I heard they had antenna issues in the iPhone 4 and the 1st gen iPhone is left unpatched after the latest security patch from Apple.
Then a macbot jumps in and says don't feed the trolls. I'd say most consider that the opening round of name calling. But for me it really took a turn for the worse when Puget was called a GD EVIL LIAR. And I don't recall any of the macbots saying that was out of line or that macbots shouldn't do name calling.
However, I do recall Puget saying just stick to the facts and lets talk about the issues at hand. So if talking about the issues is considered namecalling on an Apple thread I'd say we are all guilty.