Civility is a matter of courtesy and respect for a fellow being. It is not something that is "deserved" or earned. It is the way individuals treat each other in a civilized society. Because someone does not agree with Malleus does not give him leave to spatter them with vulgarity. What will that achieve? Will that improve the discourse? Sometimes treating an "enemy" with respect is the best way toward a truce and reconciliation.
How does Malleus repeatedly making it clear that he doesn't respect certain editors help? Malleus gets to choose who doesn't deserve to be treated with civility, then jump in the gutter and call them a "cunt" or "dick" or speculate about their "wet or dry dreams". So what does that accomplish except more antagonism?
Think of all the WP text written about Malleus's vulgarity, both for and against. What a waste, when all Malleus has to do is leave a few words out of his vocabulary. Is he incapable of that? If he is, he has a problem.
No wonder WP is such a nasty place.
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