Incivility, eh?

I was reading the intro to this post over at The Plank when I got to thinking, perhaps the internet hasn't really lead to any kind of increase in incivility. Perhaps we're just getting to read it more since (except for private chat-rooms and the like) we can access it all. Before, mysogynist and racist comments were confined to private conversations between like-minded individuals. Now it's visible to anyone willing to surf over to FreeRepublic.com.