(And I wasn't around in Buchanen days, so your dopey hypothesis about me falls flat).
My point was that Freepers other than flaming Giuliani supporters have been dropped. BTW Buchanan is still around and Freepers, perhaps even you, bash articles he writes. Giuliani is not a sacred cow to be worshipped by Freepers.
I think there is too much personalization of the discussion. I try to just ignore the personal parts of comments, unless they are directed at my character and then I try to respond to the attacks without responding in-kind.
I have been known to do some “personal attack” by sarcasm and redirection. Maybe I was clever enough in those cases to do so, or maybe it was inadvertant. It’s helpful I guess if my adversaries don’t know which.... :-) But it’s all in playful fun, I don’t generall dislike anybody I correspond with here, no matter how much I disagree with their views.