Your sign up shows 2010. If your lurking goes back sufficiently you might remember a phenomenon known as the “Crevo Thread.”
It was on one such thread that I cut my teeth (and more than a few teeth were sunk into my tender flesh.)
I figured that was enough of a trial by fire for one lifetime. So the next Crevo Thread that came along I just ridiculed the folks I disagreed with mercilessly. No reasoning whatsoever.
That worked out just fine.
I got hooked to FR by the birther controversy prior to the 2008 election, missed the crevo thread.
It was like landing on the Island of Misfit Bellicose Broken Toys Who Are Generally P_ssed About The State Of The Country And Ready To Kick Your Ass.
Loved it ever since.