Yes, some of the posts in this thread are outrageous and are the type of thing trolls like to look for so they can run to their DU buddies and brag about how we are all like that. I sometimes have hope that these posters are simply stirring the pot and don't really think that way.
You have much more faith in people than I.
Internet forum anonymity serves to loose the tongues of those who would never express their deepest beliefs publicly or privately, otherwise.
My greatest flaw is that I assume everyone who "belongs" to the same ideological group as I automatically holds the same life/moral values.
Needless to say, I spend a lot of time being disappointed.