And this is pretty much where I thought this might go

I'm all for calling out the hate and stupidity people throw out on NOLA.com for the sake of knocking that stuff down. But there are others who believe the way to resolve a conversation they are uncomfortable with is to kill the conversation altogether... or worse personally harm the participants.

There's a difference between caring about keeping the discussion valuable and stomping on people's right to have a conversation. Sometimes people say things you don't like. Deal with it.