I read your post with interest and I am a 74 year old gentleman who has been with this forum since 1998, so like you, I’ve seen a lot.
And I am particularly interested in the election related threads and read them regularly and post occasionally.
I have to say that I have seen NOTHING posted by the Cruz fans that approaches the sheer nastiness and vulgarity that I have seen from the Trump supporters, including personal messages so vile I could not repeat them in public, though I have shared some of them with the moderators. I had at one time a reasonably positive attitude toward Trump even though he was not my favorite, but the ignorance and nastiness of many of his followers so turned me off that I began to see traits in him that were mirrored by his followers. Too bad, actually. The well has truly been poisoned for me.
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