I believe the time has come where we need to en masse let Jim know that these trolls have gone way over the top and need to be dealt with in order to restore FreeRepublic to its glory.
One solution would be to make live threads caucus threads to keep out the naysayers. Offensive posts could be deleted.
It takes away free speech, but these are disrupters, likely Dems.
Either we have become our own worst enemy or else we are full of infiltrators. Take your pick.
In either case nothing good can come of it.