“Howlin didn’t like me very much either but I tried to avoid her”
Avoiding that nasty pack of jackals is how I survived the Bush Immigration Purges as well. They loved to lure the fearless or unwary into battles and then get their mod collaborators to ban their targets. Wardaddy is far more generous to howlin’s memory than I am and I didn’t even get banned.
There have certainly been some acerbic posters. I have been one myself on occasion. FR has seen some knock-down, drag-out battles. The biggest one that I was in was Terri Schiavo. That one made enemies.