"Don't vote for the guy who believed Paul Shooter was real" would probably be a good rule of thumb:

By: John_Donahue on 8/25/09
PaulShooter, I agree with Robert insomuch as I believe that you can be equally (if not more) effective in getting your points across without the use of offensive language.

Sorry, Robert - it probably doesn’t help you to make your point because you know that PaulShooter doesn’t care much about me or my opinions - but I believe you are correct when you argue that if people get turned off by the language, they'll stop reading what Mr. Shooter has to say.