We care about truth, which is, overall, more important than those other things, since knowing what things are true is necessary in order to hold any kind of intelligible or useful conversation about said other things.
I think this speaks well of us.
Edit: It also speaks well of us that this “nastiest, most emotional” debate is, on the grand scale of internet debates, still not really very nasty or emotional.
We care about truth, which is, overall, more important than those other things, since knowing what things are true is necessary in order to hold any kind of intelligible or useful conversation about said other things.
I think this speaks well of us.
Edit: It also speaks well of us that this “nastiest, most emotional” debate is, on the grand scale of internet debates, still not really very nasty or emotional.