How about everyone treating each other with respect, and ignoring the
clowns
that don't?

I'm afraid that is oversimplifying things a bit to much for Walt.

Walt cannot see the difference between a newly licensed amateur, a CB user,
a pirate operator or a person who deliberately jams legitimate stations. To
Walt all these people are "CBers". Any rational debate on the subject of any
of these groups will only build on his "riff raff CBers" philosophy.

Amateur radio is no place for bigotry.

Jack