Thank you! That's all I'm saying!
Besides the natural divide and constant ongoing conflict, which has been heightened because an R is currently in the White House, between the small l/small government types and the social conservative types..
more numerous and more vocal cranks, grumpy social shut-ins, conspiracy theorists, and folks that just aren't all there. You can't have a rational discussion with them, unlike plain old social conservatives whom you can have a discussion with; heated even.
I appreciate people who can't in good conscience vote for (Rudy for example) because of his liberal views. But people get tired of thread after thread being spammed with multiple pictures from him in drag from a Saturday Night Live skit or charity ball or the Lord of the Rings pictures.
Stuff that is totally over the top, like people saying Catholics are not real Christians (usually with every other word in all CAPS), wild-eyed assertions that Christ is going to paint the streets red with the blood of sinners and liberals, folks claiming their peanut butter has been purposefully tampered with (no terrorism or foul play there, just a plain salmonella outbreak) The ones that want some sort of civil war.
The passive aggressive nuts that find something or someone they don't like, whether it be brown skinned or black people, liberals or moderates, judges, gays, teachers, libertarians, women, or "evolutionists".
And then post about "watering the roots of the tree of liberty", a sort of quote mined from Thomas Jefferson. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."-- Thomas Jefferson
All that kinda fringe stuff puts people off. Oh, and the Helen Thomas pictures. Dear God..the Helen Thomas pictures.
Bob J...your post #320, was a most excellent post...well said...
I think the Helen Thomas pictures are supposed to have the same effect as throwing water on a dog fight.
Thank you! That's all I'm saying!