I have had bad experience a couple of time with "asshat"-type forums. I remember a couple of times I was attacked totally without justification in some long thread. And I really had done nothing to bring about the attack. Then, when I mildly tried to defend myself, we were immediately asked to go to the "pissing" or whatever forum. In other words, for defending myself I was branded as the exact equivalent of the person attacking me for no reason.

So I'm not looking forward to being thrown into an "asshat" area just because I have the wrong opinion.