I'll throw one in. The first five years it seemed like us vs. them and nowadays it seems like us vs. us.
After the primaries, I imagine it will be us -vs- them again.
bigsigh told me that some of the best threads were libertarian vs conservative. A little disagreement would add some flavor without surrendering the owner's or our beliefs or giving up the site as another DU.
Many of us thought...and still think...of this site as a 'conservative site'....
..and this opinion is backed up by the website owner, Jim Robinson, in his own words, mission statement, etc.
Although the Clinton years gave most of us common ground & somewhat united us...
..the prevailing years revealed that many who come here are not the strong social conservatives, I, for one, expected at such a website...
..instead I find libertarians, moderate conservatives or fiscal conservatives, and some liberals/infiltrators.
...Mr.Robinson graciously made room for many opinions/ideologues....while trying to keep the infiltrators out.
Maybe this mix was present all along..
...but it took the loss of conservative proponents in government to separate the wheat from the chaff at FR.
Those of us who won't yield our vote or our allegiance to a so called 'moderate conservative' who doesn't value life, family or the 2nd amendment are routinely ridiculed.
...As much as you've been a part of the solution through the years, BobJ.....I hope you're still aligned with Jim Robinson ....
..and won't become part of the problem .....by aligning yourself with those who seem to want many of us to disappear.
Any good church, any good organization can go bad.....from within.
But if it has strong leadership, the foundation will stand!