I received a question along the lines of, "What is proper and acceptable behavior if I want to participate on CathInfo?"
Kind of a broad question, but here goes:
Most members are more or less equals when it comes down to it.
Indeed there is usually some difference in age, intelligence, education, income, etc. between any two given members, but we're all still members of a democratic society when it comes down to it. We should be used to talking with others in public. Obviously it's encouraged to have more respect and deference for the learned, the aged, etc.
It's also very unbecoming for a woman to deport herself as a pompous know-it-all, even in the face of men who are much better educated. A male pompous know-it-all saying the exact same things would actually be slightly less repulsive. Just for starters, the hypothetical male know-it-all probably wouldn't be *quite* as stubborn or abrasive, since he wouldn't be trying to over-compensate. (See related topic: female bosses are almost always worse than male bosses)
In general, I would say just have some level of respect for your fellow Catholics, and you'll be fine. That doesn't preclude emotion -- the topics discussed here are quite central to the Faith which is central to many of our identities.
We're not discussing "Pepsi vs. Coke" or "Apple vs. Microsoft" but things of much greater import. So emotion is understandable.
As long as you're not cursing people to Hell or something, or acting like the Pope who can excommunicate, or God who can condemn to hell, and remember that all here are Catholics trying their best for the most part, and un-condemned souls still living in this Time of Mercy (another name for the short life we're each given), then you'll be fine.