[expatguy]

You might notice that many of the apologists in that thread are all new to Freerepublic.

[stands2reason]

I'm not surprised. Another anti-Muslim thread was loaded with newbies. In fact, when I pointed out that most of the haters were questionable newbies, one of them went off on me, stating I didn't have to get "nasty." The newbie doth protest too much, methinks.

Our post-election trolls (many joined on the 3rd and later) are performing as the "more conservative than thou" splitters and "eeeevil conservative" stereotypes. I'm not surprised -- if I was a troll, that's what I'd do.