Re: why the double standard, indeed?

Loki...
>>Loki, during the course of this thread you've called people "shithead bigot", "racist", and "hatemonger" -- all nouns. why are these okay in your books, but not "troll"?....if accurate it's neither an epithet nor a slur. <<

I don't seek absolution for my own behavior, but rather a climate in which even the arguments of surly or unlikeable people are answered with actual polemic as opposed to blandishment.

Imagine "Republican" in the spot of "troll" - or any other label, and maybe it will become clearer what I'm driving at.