I know this isn’t SDMB specific but dang if I didn’t immediately identify with this comic as I’m sure many other people here can as well. Had more than a few debates like this online. The scary part is that for some of them I may have been on the other side of the computer.
Yes.
But now I tend to run away and hide, until folks forget all th’ stupid stuff I’ve said. Which probably includes this post, in which case I’m doomed.
Eep!!
On-line debating is a whole 'nother brain department, far as I’m concerned. I wouldn’t even get to “Blither!” 
I don’t see much of a difference between debating in cyberspace and debating in meatspace. It’s always the same old stuff over and over again, regardless of medium.
It’s a funny comic, it’s true that some Internet debates can get really heated over mundane issues. PS2 versus XBOX debates on video game message boards spring to mind. But for other issues “blather” really is “the only way.” What if blather was someone arguing for civil rights? And one of the keys to a good debate is finding the right people to have it with. The Internet affords an unbeatable range of personalities and backgrounds to interact with.
At the SDMB specifically, there is some very high level recreational debate and debunking going on. What other group of people reads Snopes like Hollywood residents read Variety? The teeming millions, or thousands as it were, are any army of amateur investigators bent on dispelling any myth and unraveling any enigma that crosses their path. Ironically, they are led in this quest by a mysterious but infallible leader whose true identity is unknown. He is commonly referred to simply as “The Master.” High ranking officials along with seasoned veterans make sure not to spare the rod in disciplining newcomers and members of the flock who can’t live up to his standard of excellence. Every nitpick has a cite, and every raving lunatic has a barrage of flames dogging him wherever he goes. Late at night, in the darkest corners of the Internet you can here their impassioned war cries:
Death to Ignorance, Death by Google!
Wait a minute, now we sound like a cult. Maybe everyone on the Internet is a fanatic. 
*and when they spell mispell “hear,” you know a :wally or a :smack: is soon to follow