For someone here at FR for that long, that is a truly astonishing remark.
But that topic deserves a thread of its own.
The level of competence, in English, in FR has deteriorated steadily since 1998, when I joined as a lurker. Foreign visitors excepted.
Unfortunately it took me years to see the obvious: it's impossible to tell, from their Freeper name, which posters are natives from foreign counties.
I was tempted to write this entire response in typical "Freeperese" but that character deficiency is "too progressive" to succumb to the temptation.
Poorly written articles.
Poor grammar and spelling by posters on most websites, including F.R.
Foreigners given free reign in our nation.
Everything we buy is a cheap piece of junk.
We’re on the HIGHWAY TO HELL.