Forum members being insulted on Corona

Matthew Young35 said:Why is it that on any thread regarding Corona, of which there are many, insulting other users is perfectly acceptable?
Whenever someone expresses even a hint of doubt about whether Corona is harmless, or suggests we might be looking at a conspiracy theory, or simply isn't a vaccine advocate, they are met with a barrage of insults—ranging from being called a "sheep" to much more direct profanity.

For example:
Person A: I haven't been vaccinated yet; I'm just waiting for my appointment.
Person B: Where are all the sheep?

Larry Wilson25 said:Your moral compass seems a bit off.
The rules for the Corona PDFa are different from those in Politics. 😁
In Politics, if you buy a moderator a beer, you could probably tell another user they're talking nonsense.
As for comparisons to animals, go read Orwell; some things are allowed in public discourse.

I'm joking, of course. We aren't living on Jupiter, and you've opened this topic rightfully; you've just gotten your wires crossed.

Moderation in Politics is much looser than in the entire Corona PDFa, and I hope it stays that way.
If the moderators from Politics started heading in that direction, I'd shut the whole forum down. You'll see them on that thread. Kudos to everyone in Politics for how this thread has been handled from start to finish.

I never specified where those threads were located.
In my very first post, I wrote: on the threads about Corona...
Meaning those topics exist in multiple places across various subforums.

Here comes a new compilation:

What kind of person is this, really? He won't even give us the courtesy of disclosing how much we contribute to his pension and healthcare every single month just to keep him afloat. It’s blatant. A total little Nazi, really—no proof, no credentials, nothing.

I’m telling you, cognitive abilities start to dip somewhere around age 75. It doesn’t happen to everyone, of course, but it becomes noticeable.

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He’s gone on record several times now, suggesting he’d be willing to use brute force to enforce every single mandate if necessary. Think about what that actually implies. We aren't just talking about paperwork or fines. We are looking at batons, mass arrests, and—in the absolute worst-case scenarios—summary executions. Is that really the direction we want this heading?

What a bunch of lowlifes.

And so on. And so forth.
I made a conscious decision to overlook the insults directed my way.

Bonus:

"Look, man, just drop it already.
I shut down your little demagogic rant first thing this morning, and you’ve been finished ever since. You're just an uninformed amateur who can't be bothered to actually study the specifics of American law, yet you somehow think you're relevant enough to peddle nonsense while talking about yourself in the third person.
The moment you're faced with actual facts and links, you slyly scurry back into your hole and then pop up a few pages later like some bottom-feeding leech."

Everything here has been moderated.