‘That you choose to be offended by the fact that they explain and stand by their convictions...”
The scenario you describe has nothing to do with the kind of nasty, “you’re-a-Godless liberal and I’m a chosen one” comments I was referring to, although perhaps your imagination enables you to convince yourself of that. They’re not a secret. I’m hardly the only one to notice.
I haven't seen them, though I've certainly read and even participated in many threads discussing the dilemma for Christians in voting for an active agent of promoting abortion and open homosexuality, and I sure as hell haven't written them. In the past day or two I have, however, written calmly and with zero rhetoric that even if Romney's documented anti-conservative record wasn't enough (and it is), as a Christian I must reject Romney because of his active promotion of abortion and the gay agenda ...
... and I was IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED with an acid, seething, hysterical replies where I was called a "hater" and a "hypocrite" Christian, a "hypocrite" because I obviously "hated" Romney because he was a Mormon. Which was odd because I never mentioned (let alone thought about!) Romney's Mormonism. This poster who didn't talk issues but DID talk personalities and attack me personally, was immediately joined by at least one "wit" (maybe two, actually) who posted big yuk-yuk-yuks about how Wal-Mart was selling things for people who were afraid of Mormons, things they could use to protect themselves and their babies from Mormon kooties, etc., as in "these backward Christian idiots just hate Mormons." And you whine to me about someone calling you a "Godless liberal" and saying they're the "chosen one" for rejecting Romney because he's pro-abortiong and pro-gay agenda for everybody, including kids and the military? Which Romney IS, by the way?
And you know what? I didn't come on to FR and whine and piss and moan about how all no-other-choice-but-Romney Republicans are like that. Because MOST of them aren't. Most of them are fellow conservatives and patriots who, in my opinion, are shortsighted and letting fear and scare-mongering cloud their better judgment, which is telling them Romney is bad news -- it's why they have to be scared and terrorized into voting for him; they'd never do it, otherwise.
In 2007-08, it was remarkable how out of all the primary candidates' supporters on FR, the ones backing Romney were easily much more nasty, personal, ugly, divisive, and apt to lob accusations of "hatred," childishness, religious bigotry, and "rage" at those who rejected their guy, while backers of Giulianni, Thompson, McCain, and Huckabee were more apt to actually discuss pertinent issues in debate. It became VERY clear that Romney's supporters were a breed of their own, incapable of comprehending why anyone would reject their guy, and that therefore if they did, it must because they were childish, hate-filled, angry, and/or bigoted, which of course were practically NEVER among the reasons any FReeper rejected Romney.
So I did then, and will continue to, repost the personal attack and diatribe of Romney supporters, as a way of reminding lurkers that the behavior of a candidate's supporters speaks volumes about the candidate. People are so busy looking at what they're running away from, that they're failing to look what they're running toward. Voting out of fear is a loser's strategy.