"Here's a stance. Bigotry, misogyny and homophobia get the reaction it deserves in the only way the ignorant tossers understand."

Here is a stance.

You are free to be anything you want EXCEPT unkind, impolite, argumentative, snooty, or either FOR or AGAINST that of-what-we-do-not-speak.

It puzzles me that you seem to think that calling people names somehow mitigates the damage of people expressing unwanted ideas.

Its like they have started a bonfire and you deal with that by throwing horse turds into the flames.

I also wonder who you and Steve think appointed you to try to drive people off this forum with insults.

It doesn't work. It just makes them worse. They just think that you are mentally undisciplined and therefor may be persuadable. If everyone was countering their ideas with reason than they would not have any reason to think that saying unreasonable things would work. Simply put. When they make you angry, they win.

Try this, calm down. When they say something unreasonable, counter it with reason. Stay calm. Don't call them names. Don't ad fuel to the fire.