User blog comment:Moussman360/I'm ending this now!/@comment-24198837-20140722171326

I actually support arguments and debates, as long as their civil. Arguments don't have to be malice or rage-filled, it can just be two people discussing thier opinions and why they hold said opinions. This is actually good for the community, as ideas get rotated around that wouldn't normally see the light of day, and people can discuss the finer points of the show. Problem is, these civil debates always eventually offend one party for no particular reason. We can't just stop having debates and arguments - it's human nature to fight for your stance on an issue - but we can keep them civil.

People use insults or flame-bait as an easy-out to an argument, because once a flame war starts, all logic goes out the window, flawed arguments stand, and everyone looks like a bad guy. It happens everywhere - politics, public, any argument ever - because it's easier to insult the person who disagrees with you than it is to accept your differences and move on. It's easier to start a flame war to distract attention than it is to actually come up with an argument for your position.

Just because people disagree doesn't mean that they need to fight or disrespect one another. If no one throws a first punch, then there won't be a second punch, etc, etc.

What I'm trying to say is - people can disagree without being enemies. If a debate starts getting ugly, we can always calmly ask for it to stop. If the other person doesn't drop it, just don't reply. It leaves them looking like the bad guy and ends it there.

While I don't blame the people who respond to the first punch with a punch of their own, for I'm that way; I do recognize that we all hold the power to end it there, and (At least, in my mind) it's the job of us all to be the better person in these scenarios.

Again, I don't expect people to be perfect - I've made bad decisions, and I'm sure others will mess up as well - but if we all try just a little bit more, the results may just amaze us.

Wow, that was a lot. Just stuff I felt I needed to get off my chest.