They'll yell about ad hominem attacks and then do them two comments down. If that's an example of 'doing whatever they want', then we can all do whatever we

They'll yell about ad hominem attacks and then do them two comments down. If that's an example of 'doing whatever they want', then we can all do whatever we want. Nobody gets punished for the behavior you describe here, except by downvotes on the second comment. It's not about a double standard: it's a lack of judgement that many people suffer from. Being able to tell ad hominems in comments by others does not imply being able to tell ad hominems in your own comments. and nobody bats a wee little eyelash at it. You're kindly forgetting the many people that disagree with such namecalling and vilification and are calling others out for that. You can't find a thread where there weren't also people that agreed with you.