JimRob and many of us other oldtimers are concerned that the viciousness of the personal attacks are getting out of hand. The continued hyperbole could ultimately destroy our site.
This is what the left wants to do, Destroy this site (and others like it). Keep that in the back of your mind as you respond to leftists.
Let's adapt ridicule, poking fun at our adversaries as the method of choice to blow off steam. I just handled a disruptor on the Freepathon thread this way by asking him if he was bucking for Jim's $1.23 per hour job ( Jim's draw divided by 24/7/365 = $1.23 per hour). And yes , I told him Jim gets that much while sleeping too. The Moderators ultimately banned this poster, but we all had a few good laughs in the process. Ridicule really is the fastest, most effective way to shoot down a jerk. You have to think about how to do it, but if you will, we all will have a lot more fun.
I agree that ridicule and humor are a good way to shoot them down, but with certain hot topics, it is very difficult. The topics of the Middle East (and the Islamic Revisionist History) is a very difficult topic to inject ridicule and/or humor, due to past tragedies. Facts are needed as well, and if the leftists can handle the facts, the moderators know what to do.
A year or so ago I recommened we post all attacks to an imaginary Freeper, "Nincompoop" We could even get this guy his own Home Page, where we could go to look for the best put down of the day, and get many, many chuckles from all the shots this poor turkey will take.
I have a better idea, start a category called "Disruptor Droppings" (or something like that). Let the world see what postings the left brings to us and show how idiotic (or worse) they really are. Make it a category where Freepers know that these people have been banned, so the comment can be discussed but not necessarily toward the disruptor.