I don't mean to beat the term into the ground, but what is going on here is demonic.
As I said, we've got two kids home for the weekend (one for the whole summer), so we're doing family stuff, and I won't be on much for a couple of days, but I'm seriously considering a formal farewell to the rest of FR, other than the handful of sane threads.
I love getting my info here, but the thugs are invading the prayer thread, and even Ken Blackwell threads, as well as every single thread about the President. What used to be great verbal brawls are highly abusive now. There's a sickness here that I have never seen before, and frankly, it frightens me.
There was a thread about Katherine Harris, who was going to an auto race.
There are a couple of posters, so I learned, who invade every Katherine Harris thread and castigate/ridicule anyone who bothers to support her, because of her low standing in the polls. (The Mods finally told them to stay off those threads.)
In addition, there were the usual Bush bashers, of both the President and Jeb, only these weren't quite as much illegal immigration bashers on the Harris thread (altho some of the same ones do that on other threads) as they were claiming that lack of support from the Bush brothers for Katherine was just one more reason to knock those two. One even got in a bash at George HW, having nothing to do with the thread.
The two FReepers who regularly ping for Katherine Harris seem okay with the Bushes AND Katherine. That was the point I made...that I support both brothers AND at the same time I've sent money to Katherine Harris.
I had nothing in common, though, with so many Harris supporters who just came on there to bash the Bush brothers, nor with those who ridiculed anyone for supporting a "sure loser".
There is something truly wrong. And I agree with you that it's scary.
As long as we don't lose you on the DOSE and other "safer" threads... but I agree with you about the evil here.