In the immortal words of The Dude: "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."

As long as they don't insult people personally then they're not an asshole in my book.

Attacking ideas is one, attacking people behind those ideas is another.

Not entirely though: if you are attacking coworkers just for being wrong that is asshole. If you are holding the top of the pyramid accountable for their illegal immoral wrong "ideas" then that is a level of correct that the world needs way more of

I agree, but not everyone sees it that way. People project themselves onto their ideas. It helps to consider that, sometimes.

Being a disagreable asshole is a sin of the working class. The server not the served.