"Is it true?" Facts will have no bearing when they hear something not to their beliefs. It is the source that will be questioned, not the facts. Or if the source can't be easily discredited, the messenger will be gone after, as if discrediting the messenger would cause the problem to no longer exist in reality.
Who are they? Those that dance and distract, derailing the thread, without addressing the point. Is it true? Is it factual? Never mind, it is more important they hear their own echo.
To quiet dissent among the hoi polloi, to intimidate those who dare to present uncomfortable truths, facts, not of their liking.

The Alert/Jury system has given them the power to silence those that have the audacity of not echoing their echo. Thereby making DU suck a bit more each time they succeed.

bastard
mustard
bustard
costard
custard
dastard
dotard
leotard
petard
retard
unitard

All of these words can be used in a derisive way to disparage someone, somewhere, somehow. Must we ban their use on DU?

However words such as 'idiot', stupid',
moron
· nincompoop
· nitwit
· dimwit
· simpleton
· dullard
· jackass
· ninny
· tomfool
· twit
· dope
· goose
· donkey
· bonehead (informal)
· ding-a-ling (informal)
· dingbat (slang)
· clod
· boob (informal)
· dummy
· clodhopper
· jerk (slang)
· nit (British)
· schmo
· turkey
· loon
· mooncalf

2. (n.) A mentally deficient person:
· half-wit
· cretin
· feeble-minded person
· moron (moran?)
· mental defective
· dullard
· imbecile
· mentally retarded person
· simpleton

moron
· nincompoop
· nitwit
· dimwit
· simpleton
· dullard
· jackass
· ninny
· tomfool
· twit
· dope
· goose
· donkey
· bonehead (informal)
· ding-a-ling (informal)
· dingbat (slang)
· clod
· boob (informal)
· dummy
· clodhopper
· jerk (slang)
· nit (British)
· schmo
· turkey
· loon
· mooncalf

2. (n.) A mentally deficient person:
· half-wit
· cretin
· feeble-minded person
· moron
· mental defective
· dullard
· imbecile
· mentally retarded person
· simpleton

are for the most part A-OK for use? Anyone else see a problem here?
Banning words is hurtful and an insult to educated people everywhere.