I agree that we don't need to be robotically respectful. If someone's a real asshole, I have no qualms with responding in kind, even if doing so is debatably ef

I agree that we don't need to be robotically respectful. If someone's a real asshole, I have no qualms with responding in kind, even if doing so is debatably effective. I wrote what I wrote because I thought that ttul's comment was baselessly disrespectful. The parent wasn't being a jerk, but ttul responded with out of place ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the argument.