It's true that the internet provides an outlet for anonymity and empowers people to get away with stuff they normally would never do IRL. However, I don't think it's right that these douchey people in this game think they can get away with what they say or do in-game. I think as some have suggested, implementing suspensions to perma bans are means of dealing with these online immature adults.

Since this is a P2P game, I think the devs have responsibility in ensuring that such trashy players are dealt with appropriately and maintaining a friendly-safe environment for all. Our money goes towards maintaining the servers, which should also include filtering out these bad types of players and creating preventative measures around these issues. As far as I have read in news and research articles, cyberbullying is treated as a crime and their have been instances where people have committed suicide because of it. If you find this hard to believe, just Google the recent Rehtaeh Parsons case.