Certainly it is ridiculous to call FR a “hate site”.
Even assuming that there are some idiots on this site posting vile things, calling the whole site hateful is like calling a whole small city hateful because of the activities of a few of its residents.
FR is not a hate site, although I will admit that a few months ago, I seriously thought I would stop visiting it because of the anti-immigration crowd, which spammed every thread, regardless of topic, with rhetoric that obviously was based purely on a dislike of Hispanics.
But I looked at it and realized that there are only a few posters like that, and in addition, I think a lot of the posts that were the most “hateful” were probably posted by Dem sleeper trolls trying to whip up fear among GOPers and stoke a hatred of Bush or anyone associated with him. The truly bad posts declined after the elections, simply because the Dems had achieved their goal.
I think more control should have been exercised at that time, and that this crowd should not have been allowed to erupt on every thread, as they were. In fact, I think the slowness of the fund raising drive this quarter may indicate that some FR supporters were driven off by this or are reserving judgment for a bit because of the tone of things. It’s true that the really nasty posters were only a small group, but their shrillness and relentlessness made them sound more important than they were. Still, this is a case where the invisible hand of the market will probably correct the situation.