it's been an endless cycle since the summer. a new rude person shows up, then eventually disappears or learns how to behave civilly. within days there's always someone else stepping in, trying to prove they can be even less tactful and less imaginative than the last one.
hyperbole is one thing, and understandably the less intelligent among us are going through the process of realizing that Offensive = Emphasis = Attention. But there's no longer any technique to it, no timing. so we're left with more and more would-be rabble rousers completely misusing the privilege of cynical sarcasm and abusing the generally open mind of the theatre-loving community.
I do hope something is done about it soon, because it makes everyone look bad-- these silly opinion-whores who spit out their views in the most hateful nasty way possible and think that makes them look like the next Lenny Bruce or George Carlin. Sorry folks, but without the savvy of knowing when and how to use this venom of yours, you're hovering somewhere in the territory of Ann Coulter without her thesaurus or proofreader.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys."
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep.
Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse,
till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers