Hamshank, I disagree that we should be civil and polite to people who are voicing racist viewpoints. We need to be articulate, passionate, and uncompromising when we are directly confronted by such behavior, which I was in this instance.

Why are you so willing to be tolerant of Celtic Soul's racist behavior, and so intolerant of my supposed incivility?

To me, that suggests you believe that incivility is a worse sin than racism.

And on that point, I would disagree vociferously. No one has ever been lynched for being impolite, to my knowledge.