I make a point to not attack anybody who’s not attacked me, and to stop returning when those attacks cease
I see...... so your perception of what an attack is holy writ?..
Even-though others may have a finer gauge than yours..
Attacking your ideas is an attack on you personally?..
Hitler pretty much felt the same.. and Stalin and Mao...
I’ve known several bully’s that operated that way..
The White Hut approves of your philosophy..
No, if you attack my ideas, I'll respond by defending them and, perhaps, saying something unkind about your ideas.
If you attack me personally, I'll respond with some remark which is intended to gently, but firmly, "return to sender".
When you then stop with the personal attacks, I'll go back to discussing the ideas which brought us here in the first place.
Is that unreasonable in your eyes?