You can be thick-skinned without being totally oblivious. Offensive ad hominems further no debate, and they aren't even a skilful way of showing emotion. I wou

You can be thick-skinned without being totally oblivious. Offensive ad hominems further no debate, and they aren't even a skilful way of showing emotion. I wouldn't put up with it if that's all I got. However, some people can't take it when people (rightly) tear them a new one for some flawed point they make. Hell, some people get ultra-defensive at light criticism. There's a spectrum of skinned-ness, and I wouldn't define thick-skinned as accepting obscene idiots gracefully.