[Dog Gone]

A few Freepers like to antagonize. That's for sure.

It's my opinion that on some of these passionate threads, the tolerance for differing opinions diminishes greatly.

Even slightly differing opinions are often derided rather than debated.

It's understandable, I guess, but the tolerance level for anyone who isn't "piling on" to the mainstream thread sentiment is noticeably different from the norm around here.

The easiest solution, as you suggest, is for people who are uncomfortable with it to simply avoid those threads.

That doesn't seem quite right to me.

However, the burden for anyone who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on such a thread is to be polite and civil, too.

[Chad Fairbanks]

A few Freepers like to antagonize. That's for sure.

Yeah, say YOU.

;0)

[Diddley]

Dog Gone
[90] - However, the burden for anyone who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on such a thread is to be polite and civil, too.

I agree with that.

As a fairly new FReeper, I frequently follow threads without posting. Often I see someone "flaming" another poster as a Troll or other derogatory comment. Sometimes a poster who differs with another is accused of having multiple "names", etc.

Are there really that many multiple-name (previously-banned) posters, or is there some other explanatioin for the posting?

Diddley