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There's an orthodoxy of approved ideas that you can express without much risk of the shouting and name-calling. The users I've noticed quitting are the ones who challenge the "bubble" with contrary ideas. I value civility for its own sake, but also because I want to hear the strongest and best-composed version of the other side's argument, not one distorted by emotion. Intentional or not, vulgarity and aggression are effective techniques to "win" a disagreement by raising the cost to the other side to present their case.It sucks that people leave this site forever