Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity?

Years before the discussion was coarsened by social media, I recall an officer in a local audio society observing that in debates about high end audio, "Never have so many argued so  passionately about a subject in which the stakes are so low."  That's probably true of many hobbies.     

What the hell are you talking about? You must be stupid or something to think there's a lack of respect and maturity on the internet.

Ancient Sotheast Asian proverb: "When all of your problems start to look like Viet Cong, all of your solutions start to look like M-16s."

There is a difference between facts and opinions, and the problem at Audiogon is a lot of people can't tell the difference. Example: some people will come on here and claim power cables change sound, or that you can buy speaker wire that sounds better than the cheapest 12AWG OFC you can find.

I do not have patience for liars, or with people who are destroying this hobby by perpetuating marketing snake oil for the sole purpose of justifying their own poor decisions and confirmation biases.

What the hell are you talking about? You must be stupid or something to think there's a lack of respect and maturity on the internet.

LOL!