I have been noticing this kind of stuff more and more since around the first of the year...actually, since the Kid Rock brouhaha.
At first, I laughed it off, but as time rolls by and we see more and more of this, I am beginning to think that there really ARE folks trolling here just to try to make conservative Christians look bad, and others are just going along for the ride, for whatever reasons they may have. (I honestly don't care to reflect too much on THEIR motives)
I see it, I don't like it, but other than trying to point out their absurdities when I see it, I don't really know what to do about it besides gnash my teeth in frustration.
*a really long-winded version of I agree 100%* LOL
LOL.
I need to just post my thoughts about it and move on rather than engage with those whose minds will never be changed and who wish to speak ill of the president and his wife.
Thank you for pinpointing the time; and wasn't there some really nasty thread about divorce?
Or my personal theory. For one reason or another, I think FR has become a beacon to the truly angry. Look at the marriage threads populated with men from their early 20's to their mid 50's sharing a common bond: Absolute hatred of women. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Check out the comments on any Schiavo thread. You'll see some spirited debate on whether Greer should be shot or hung, with a few lunatics chiming in that they're praying to God Almighty for a 10 generation family curse that will be ------ up his descendents 200 years from now. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Next, hop on over to any thread that touches upon evolution or intelligent design. By post 50, it devolves in mindless attacks on anyone with any doubts or skepticism what-so-ever. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Your next destination should be the threads that mention anything remotely dealing with immigration. Now don't get me wrong, like any of the subjects I've listed above, there is a legitimate debate, and that's not going on here. Instead, you can often be treated to angry comments about how this illegal, or that illegal, or whole bunches of them should be killed. I don't envy the mods their job deleting these posts as quickly as they pop up. Again, these folks are more angry than conservative.
Last but not least, you have the nanny threads like this one. You'd swear some of these posters were Mary Poppins with PMS and jock itch. Still prudish as can be but pissed off at the whole damned world. Nothing can please these dour humorless types. Why? Because these people are more angry than conservative.