On the one hand, childish replies should be down-voted. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. No one wants 10 deep pun threads or repetitive meme/snowclone

On the one hand, childish replies should be down-voted. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. No one wants 10 deep pun threads or repetitive meme/snowclone exchanges. On the other hand, there is a certain level toxicity in a community that takes itself seriously enough to complain about a well worded flippant response to a question. There has to be a balance.