Why are some people on this site so rude and abusive, and when I call them out on their behaviour they become worse?

Well.....your or I would think that, however, quite a few consciously decide to wave that norm. BTW....just what [i]is[/i] the new norm these days.....anyway, before I down spiral further, I'll just say I hear ya and agree. ;)
We could then get in to those who go off on us, have the last word and then block us right? Sorta like the car that pulls right out in front of you, and then doesn't accelerate with the flow of traffic....
I think I'm going to focus on a Merry Christmas. :)

Thank you.

I agree with you, Brooke. I am not someone who curses at someone online, and I wish people wouldn't do it to me. Like ragingfire says, "it shouldn't be deliberately done." If someone gives you the normal ordinary conversation and you respond with a dirty-minded conversation, do you wonder why you're out in left field? I don't. For example, the person I spoke to online not long ago. Whatever I said, and the subject wasn't controversial, he was determined to have the last word. He then insulted my late mother by calling her the "c" word (which I notice is becoming used quite commonly nowadays).Well, nobody but NOBODY is going to call my mother that and get away with it! I reported and deleted him FAST. The irony is, he didn't even KNOW my mother -or me.

Merry Christmas to us all on this site.