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There are two things that I see happen periodically - infrequently, but periodically - on this forum, where rudeness starts to creep in.
1.  Where one poster characterizes the other's as COMPLETELY wrong. And yes it is often in CAPS. : ) This is rude because it is almost never true.  Occasionally someone will get a fact wrong, but I have yet to encounter an opinion or point of view here that doesn't have some thoughtful and logical reasoning behind it. 
Telling someone their argument has zero merit is a perilously short step from telling them they are stupid.  Which is of course very rude, and uncivilized, and not true of anyone I've read here.  Oh except for one that just came to mind.  ; )
2.  Where the arguments graze ad-hominem attacks.  Usually this shows up here as more pointed dialog toward the poster, and not the argument.  'baseballnut58, how can you possibly think xxxxx!!'...  that sort of thing.  baseballnut58 can of course think what he posted because he did.  : )  And he/she is a thinking human who likes baseball and dialog enough to hang around here & post something.  We need people like baseballnut58 to bring other ideas to the table.  If they don't think their posts are going to be thoughtfully considered, well they'll be less likely to post here.
Jemanji is right IMO, the rudeness that occasionsally shows up says more about the poster and the legitamacy of what they have to say than anything else.  Although I am very insulted he thinks my IQ is only 140-something.