Ted makes a good point. There is an overall lowering of standards online. Just look at the number of times Twitter has been used to send people death threats simply because someone takes a public stance where someone, somewhere disagrees? We can't do much to correct the global problem, but we can at least make WordPress discussions a 'safe zone' for alternate opinion. I hope that such sane and rational discussion gets as much attention as the anger, but I'm doubtful.