You hit it, toxic.
Most of the Rudybot and some of the Mitt folks were bashing Hunter, making 5th grade comments re his name and spamming.
They would tag team in their bashing.
Threads were overtaken by these mindless baiting & bashing.
Then they wonder, why people were fed up.
I have had some discussions with a few of the Rudy folks
who are still here and they have always been civil.
The bulk, not so much who they support but their
bashing was childish and they did not want a dialog.
They all but asked to be banned and some actually did.
From my experience, they acted as thugh, usually in a pack like wolves and often pasting innuendo that they refused to back up. Remember the “FBI Investigation” fiasco?
I’m all for disagreeing. Let’s get the platforms of all of the candidates out on the table, honestly. Let’s look at all of their records. But when some felt it necessary to post lies or to defame Ronald Reagan to build up their candidate, they went too far.
There are plenty of Rudy supporters still here. I rarely agree with them as they seem to carry some pretty liberal views, but they have been civil and are open to discussion. Others are still yelling the “He’s the only one that can beat Hillary” argument which 1) I don’t believe and 2) I won’t consider as the sole basis to vote for a candidate. As such, I usually just agree to disagree.