All internet fora, over time, are hijacked by people who are there to shout and scream and pick fights. It makes them feel better about themselves, I suppose. But, it has the effect of driving many people away who grow weary of the childish nonsense.
That has certainly happened here. Many of our best conservative thinkers and commentators are long gone and we are poorer for it. The self appointed gatekeepers attack anyone who does not conform to there particular view of conservatism, although exactly what that might be is a little hard to discern given sentence fragment posts and thin hyperbole.
It’s the nature of the internet beast, especially where free and open discussion is encouraged.
Like Ash, and quidam, and that lawyer guy...
/johnny