I have two thoughts on this: (1) I'm grateful for the people and experiences that have instilled in me the importance of civility and kindness (not withstanding a recent post I may have deleted), given that at least some lack this.

Building on that is (2) reading the responses to this post reveals that those who don't understand civility/kindness don't see themselves as having a problem, but rather see requests for kindness as a threat.

Glad to see StackOverflow picking sides in the Nice Wars.