Seems like I have to make this point more and more often lately, but:
I disagree or disapprove of roughly 90% of the articles that I post to FR. If you're looking for a conservative website featuring only articles you agree with, there are dozens of them to choose from (well, not you -but you get the point, I'm sure).
For almost 20 years now, the purpose of FR was to provide a forum where likeminded conservatives can address and comment on issues. It's the only reason I come here. It often leads to new conclusions on difficult questions.
I will say this: To some extent, I blame the Donald Trump candidacy. Not Donald himself -I don't have any major problems with him. But his candidacy has raised a lot of infighting that I haven't seen before. He's not a traditional conservative, so suddenly we find people fighting about things they never fought about before. Attacking conservatives for not being a member of their particular tribe, instead of being soft on issues that matter. It spills over, and this is the result.
And some topics do tend to have a higher radioactivity factor. This one would. Nobody is really comfortable with this issue; it’s still talked about like they would talk about the plague in medieval Europe.