Ginger and P-and-C, I think you both missed my point to some extent. The reason for the original posts was in response to the "cliques" that are/have been forming---and the complaints about hateful behavior grew out of that. In my mind, those are two different issues
Also, many people have linked or refer to their LJs on GC. I know what I have to do to keep those two avenues of my life separate.
I didn't think it was so hard.
If so many people were hurt and offended by what others said, criticizing them and their lifestyles, why didn't it go to PM? I have had no problem, when things bother me, either going to the source or reporting to a mod. It's certainly better--and more mature and assertive--than whining about it on a board in a passive-agressive manner. If I reported and still got no results, THEN I would air it. But I doubt that's really the case here.