Perhaps I'm abnormally thick-skinned, but I've never gotten my feelings hurt by anyone's Mudcat post.

Because of this personality trait of mine, I'm sometimes afraid that I might be offending someone else, without meaning to. I'll type things that wouldn't bother me, without stopping to think that they might offend some other, more sensitive, soul.

Expressing an opinion contrary to another person's need not be read as personal; you should try to interpret it as being directed towards the issue at hand, not at the person who brought the issue up. If you can cultivate this attitude ~ even in cases where the contrary argument might include a few unfortunately personal phrases ~ you'll be OK.

After all, it's not "Real Life," is it? Just a bunch of ones and zeroes...

And, oh yeah, a "Mudcat" is indeed a fish, not a feline ~ a kind of oversized river-dwelling catfish. Too ugly and nasty-tasting to bother hunting down and killing.