But are they more angry than conservative or crazed than conservative ?
Or my personal theory. For one reason or another, I think FR has become a beacon to the truly angry. Look at the marriage threads populated with men from their early 20's to their mid 50's sharing a common bond: Absolute hatred of women. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Check out the comments on any Schiavo thread. You'll see some spirited debate on whether Greer should be shot or hung, with a few lunatics chiming in that they're praying to God Almighty for a 10 generation family curse that will be ------ up his descendents 200 years from now. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Next, hop on over to any thread that touches upon evolution or intelligent design. By post 50, it devolves in mindless attacks on anyone with any doubts or skepticism what-so-ever. These folks are more angry than they are conservative.
Your next destination should be the threads that mention anything remotely dealing with immigration. Now don't get me wrong, like any of the subjects I've listed above, there is a legitimate debate, and that's not going on here. Instead, you can often be treated to angry comments about how this illegal, or that illegal, or whole bunches of them should be killed. I don't envy the mods their job deleting these posts as quickly as they pop up. Again, these folks are more angry than conservative.
Last but not least, you have the nanny threads like this one. You'd swear some of these posters were Mary Poppins with PMS and jock itch. Still prudish as can be but pissed off at the whole damned world. Nothing can please these dour humorless types. Why? Because these people are more angry than conservative.
You nailed it.
It's become a haven for the mentally disburbed. It scares me that there are so damn many of them!!
Actually, I think you're onto something about the anger at women.
I can't even count the number of posts I saw yesterday that condemned the First Lady for even speaking at the event. No matter what she said, they were going to find something wrong with it because, darn it, the little woman should be seen but not heard.
BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Whew, I feel better now. I just had to get to that part first, hee hee. :)
I think your theory has quite a lot of merit, actually. I feel quite dumb for not thinking of it, myself. I've said it before that it's very easy to say something on the Internet that you would never say to someone face-to-face. This type of medium is bound to attract those that enjoy throwing verbal Molotov cocktails to try and make others as miserable as they are. I've seen that kind of behavior on other discussion forums that are well-known but not political.
In some cases, I think it's simply a pathological need for attention. BTW, I am not directing that to any particular poster here...it's just something I see all over the internet, and I'm really sad to see FR isn't immune, either, much as I may wish it were. :(
Yours is a very interesting post. Something to think about. This is the kind of thread I can read and watch TV at the same time. Fun. Repetitious but fun.
Indeed they are ruled by anger. Good points, all.
I feel sorry for their kids. Good post, pal. :)
But are they more angry than conservative or crazed than conservative ?
That was VERY well said! The "more angry than conservative" crowd seems to have permeated the conservative sites on the internet, and FR, unfortunately, has not escaped.
Oh, thank you, thank you--I was afraid I was the only one who thought so, and it was making me crazy to hear myself say "misogynist!"