Guess I might as well leave DU again

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26. My speculation on why

is that the toxicity from those ratcheting up anger and hatred is having its own spill-over effect on everyone.

I feel like a school teacher too, wanting to remind people to Be Nice and use the Golden Rule. (Actually I was a school teacher for more than 30 years and some habits become ingrained.)

But seriously, part of fighting back against the toxicity so deliberately being used to attack us and turn us against one another is to remind ourselves that manners matter, including online. It's become a vicious cycle. We encounter poison pens in a lot of places and our instinct becomes to respond likewise, which just adds to that overall toxicity.

Of course free will, no requirements just wishes.