Guess I might as well leave DU again

[summer_in_TX]

32. I think I'll still come just because DU gathers news in one place well.

But if it continues to have this ill-mannered treatment of others and not giving the benefit of the doubt (a common problem online, although I know the jury tries to enforce the rules here unlike lots of places), I probably will be less involved in the community aspect here.

Manners are part of the social lubrication that keep things working well. Rudeness or abruptness throughs sand in the gears.

But it's all voluntarily agreeing to uphold social morés, and of course free speech values cause many to say no to that.

I lament that online culture has ditched good manners and living up to the Golden Rule.