Reply #16: Well there are issues we disagree on and therefore are on different sides of.

[Bjorn Against]

I think you are reading too much into those words though, we need people to be on opposing sides to debate the issues sometimes if everyone was always on the same side it would almost certainly lead to some very bad things.

I think people do have a problem with dissent though, in fact if no one had a problem with it then it would not even be dissent. By its very nature dissent is going to ruffle some feathers, and I don't know how you can claim that no one has a problem with it. Some people do not like to hear dissent, especially when it is aimed at their position.

I have a problem with personal attacks too as I have already mentioned, but calling someone a "hater" for expressing dissent is no different than calling someone and "Obamabot". Let's not pretend that it is only the people who voice dissent that engage in personal attacks.