It was nice to be here, but I can disappear for some/long time (or forever:) )

Please, let’s try to bring the discussion back to civility. I’ll note two of our forum guidelines: “don’t be rude to anybody” and “keep politics out of the discussions”.

If you are trying to navigate a charged discussion, see a few more generally useful guidelines from another forum (“In Comments” section):

Be kind. Don’t be snarky. Have curious conversation; don’t cross-examine. Please don’t fulminate. Please don’t sneer, including at the rest of the community.

Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. “That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3” can be shortened to “1 + 1 is 2, not 3.”

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that’s easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

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