People can be mean on the Web. Those thoughts that you normally suppress find means of escape, primarily through the increasingly omnipresent social networks.
A recent Euro RSCG Worldwide PR study found 43% of consumers "feel less inhibited through social media," while 20% use social media to "lash out about companies or brands."
These people are not, I'm quite sure, taking several hours to carefully polish a well-crafted debate. The online argot is more akin to the running commentary in ...