When someone goes off that half-cocked, you’d have a better chance asking them to quote the voices in their head - they’re paying far more attention to that then all the big words on the ‘puter screen
There was a time when FreeRepublic used to frown upon such rudeness, but the “gays in the military” threads bring out the worst in folks.
I prefer to assume that not everyone is as mean-spirited as they come across.