"I admit I lurk here under a different screen name."
RE-ally.
We've met before then.
"I figured that if I had even a mildly different perspective I'd get ripped a new one."
Not true.
We have Democrats who do post here, and they post rather well thought out intelligent posts and actually discuss things, not post troll drek.
Not everyone here agrees.
For proof, look at the flamage threads about the War on Drugs.
For you to try to claim that "if I had even a mildly different perspective I'd get ripped a new one" shows how little you know of FR, and shows you to BE a troll.
I'm disappointed in that troll. He was absolutely no fun. A complete waste of time.