Name calling

It is the nature of the internet to disagree, argue and debate. I accept this and so should everyone else on the internet. You don't want to be like the person who posts "99% of you won't repost this" status updates and the old lady who has "co-exist" bumper stickers-who think they can change the world by doing that. Like I've mentioned before part of being a grown up is realizing that you can't change people-they have to do so with their own actions and choices. Moving on.

I see people all the time on the internet call anything they disagree with "stupid". Or worse, they call the people they disagree with "stupid". Sure, some people make life choices the rest of us disagree with or say things that aren't the most cogent or logical-but calling everything you disagree with "stupid" or "foolish" shows a staggering lack of character on the person hurling the insult, not the person receiving them.

I know why people on the internet use name calling-it makes them feel better about themselves. Calling people names (unless it done in jest. Big, big difference between playful razzing between two friends and calling people you never met "dickheads") is obviously trying to cover up your own inadequacies.