Again, Ed, I think you’re hearing only what you want to hear. This is not a twelve-page thread of people who are angry because they want to call each other names. This is a twelve-page thread of people who are angry because you have removed the assumption that we are adults and will act as such (with occasional intervention from the mods). The new rules make several insulting presumptions based on no evidence. Show me where the Dopers have been behaving so badly that we need a rule change. Show me why “don’t be a jerk” doesn’t cover these instances. Your intentions are fine, it’s your implementation that’s high-handed, unnecessary, and insulting. Your condescension is only partly in words like “relax.” It is most evident in your refusal to hear what the vast majority are saying.
None of us needs to swear to make a point. That’s a red herring. We are endlessly creative and can find other ways to let off steam verbally if necessary. But you have not yet explained why you think it’s necessary other than some vague feeling of unease which you cannot or will not articulate.