This is also not the first time I have observed this, which is why I am reluctant to name particular people. Check the 'Gradients in the Brain' debate as well: twitter.com/KordingLab/sta… A lot of the comments are unnecessarily adversarial.

If you want to have civil discussions on Twitter, it is important to treat other scientists like human beings. Otherwise you are normalising this kind of behaviour. Those who sit back and say nothing are legitimising the status quo.