[Graybeard58]

I get a sense that many here just don’t know how to accept disagreement over an opinion or topic without viewing it as an “attack”

Read back a ways and you will see who accused who of an "attack". I never said it except in quoting the person who accused me of an "attack".

[SZonian]

Just an observation in general about FR...not directed at you specifically Gray, my apologies if I gave you that impression.

I’ve seen more and more disagreements about topics or comments here on FR met with responses such as; “hater”, “bigot”, “mental midget”, “slime”, etc. instead of meeting the debate head on and engaging in discourse, however heated. But to degenerate into name calling serves no useful purpose and only serves to alienate FReepers from one another.

Folks are even resorting to keeping “special lists” of other FReepers they hold in contempt simply because there is disagreement on topics. This does not bode well...