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Sometimes, right before I submit a comment I'd ask myself, "What do I hope to achieve by writing this comment? Will people be entertained by this comment? Will the audience find their worldview challenged? Would the world be better off with the comment I'm about to make, or am I just wasting everyone's time?"

I'd suggest you do the same.

In that one example cited, yes. Universally? No, of course not. Come on, there's no need to stir up controversy in everything you read.

Gay marriage not legal in your neck of the woods?

Christian men too. Call the small-sample police!

Because two women can't be married? You're nitpicking.

What a shit comment. Not even sugar-coating it.