The fact is Darwin Central is a more open site than WA. There they explicitly state their disdain for FR and gloat over the exodus that is now occurring. They have a thread dedicated to that proposition that is 67 pages long. I should note that most of the former Freepers have exited quietly without accompanying rants against other members who are still here. You can not expect principled conservatives to not respond when confronted with such ranters, and sometimes with harsh language if need be. I admit some of the flaming has gone over the top and has caused some solid conservatives to leave, at least temporarily in protest. In fact a number of Freepers who signed up at WA are continuing to post at FR, and are just staying away from the political wars for now.
Actually DC seems not too bad, there is a lot of FR bashing going on at this moment naturally, but even without checking out the whole site I get the impression that they have their own gig going on.
Social conservatives and the anti-social conservatives are the two different halves of the Republican party, for our groups to be happy we need a little separation for our group conversations, then we can fight in the primaries and party platform committees etc.