My double standard on abusive comments

In an earlier comment section, I have mildly upbraided jqb for descending to invective against one of my detractors. I will tolerate invective against me from my detractors, and against anyone purporting to support what may or may not be my point of view. If people want to undermine their arguments against me with bad rhetoric, that's fine. It saves me work in assessing possible biases, provides me with blogfodder, and amuses the more level-headed in the peanut gallery. But I sure don't want my arguments supported by the worst kind of rhetoric.

I may soon enact a policy of removing any and all comments against my public detractors if they contain scurrility or abuse of any kind. Enemies of my enemies are not necessarily my friends; even when they are my friends, as allies, the least they could do is be above this kind of thing in public. (In private e-mail, it's more of a consenting-adults, S/M kind of thing. I'm OK with that.)

To anyone who thinks the above proposal would be a stupid policy: I hereby declare you a babbling fool, mutant pond-scum, and a traitor to the human race. Because that's the kind of shrieking, hysterical hypocrite I am.