QFT.
I'm forty-five years of age and have been gaming since hex-based Squad Leader. I've been on the internet since the early nineties. Seriously, been there, done that.
Yet some of the folks here make this the bitterest, most entitled and poisonous gaming community I've ever seen.
Congratulations.
The staff are constantly trying to suck out the venom,believe me.
If you see a 'poison post', then report it and staff will review, pretty quickly.
But, you also have to understand- I am sure you do
- that North American standards for "free speech" differ exponentially from European expectations.
I assure you (from my PoV) that European expectations seem to be to step in hard on deviancy i.e. no nonsense, after a little degree of toleration...whilst North American expectations tend to be: let it run wide, but apply sanctions even harder if he deviates ....it's a difficult balance(dread word!)