The general gist of the responses is it doesn't matter that much - if someone is being terrible, outside of a specific legal context that should be enough to de

The general gist of the responses is it doesn't matter that much - if someone is being terrible, outside of a specific legal context that should be enough to determine how you react to their behavior. If you are asking about that specific legal context, it would be good to clarify that. In either case though it will probably sound like you are trying to discount the complaints of the author.