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Those things still happen, and the site is returning to a more generalized forum now. You know every election cycle gets this way (not always this bad).

The flame wars are dying. Finally.

No system of free-willed people and freely spoken people will sustain such a period of consistency.

Like the waves on the ocean, things wax, things wane.

I don’t know about everyone, but I’ve felt this same teeth-grinding anger and unwillingness to compromise and agree since 92. I think we are just getting far more comfortable with the internet that we are different people now not in the way that we feel or act - but in the way we convey ourselves to others.

I thought this was more like a civil war. We were at each other’s throats for months, and I too am noticing that it’s finally dying down.

The flame wars are dying. Finally.

Well of course they are, most of the vocal Cruz guys have gotten the banhammer or a short vacation, and the nonvocal Cruz supporters have just stopped hanging out.

Which is funny, cause the obvious Trump trolls haven't even been touched, like RevWhatever@aol.com or BFAC... I understand it's JimRob's prerogative, but letting trolls like that hang around, while zotting some longtime members (2DV Vet), just doesn't make me want to hang around that much. The anti-Cruz vitriol is astounding, as well as the ridiculous pro-Trumpness. I understand Trump as a no-better-alternative option, but considering his past and the huge (yuge?) cult of personality, I can't believe how pro-Trump much of FR has become. It is 10x worse than the Glock fanbois or Swordmaker and his Mac guys. (No offense to SM on this. On a side note, pinged him as curious about his political leanings here...?)