Actually, I want to thank you. For making my point, better than I can. Whether you are being serious, or you understood what I was trying to say, that you said what you said proves my point.

Just to be clear, I did not really mean this:

"If you can't see the benefits of civil debate, you are an idiot."

It was intended to have a tone completely different from the rest of the comment. And so, despite the rest of the comment being sound, this one sentence caused a rift.

So, I did not add it to insult. I added it to make a point, and you highlighted that point so much better than you realized.