I just find it ironic that you're making a plea to be more respectful - which I agree with you on - but that follows up a post where you weren't very respectful to gianmarco, who has been nothing but a gentleman on this forum for years. That's all, nothing more, nothing less.
He put a disclaimer above his post before posting it: Just saw this and, while in a way it's simplistic, it encapsulates a lot of what we are seeing and a lot of how posts go here as well. And yes, I know this is obviously slanted (especially the last line), but there's a lot of truth to it in terms of the "whataboutisms" and misconstruing what many are actually advocating for
He didn't create that content, was just trying to showcase the nature of 'whataboutisms'. He even said they were slanted. The point wasn't the content itself. Calling it 'garbage' and then saying we need to be more respectful just struck me as highly ironic. Nothing more, nothing less. No hard feelings.
Yes, this forum is a cesspool and needs to be shut down. It's torn a good community apart.