In this forum, those who do not go lock step into the 'home schooling good, public school bad' mantra will generally avoid posting so as to not be attacked. It's not that they expect attack as they would someone with a weapon, but they do know that the group will disagree and may turn on them with derision. I will admit even I avoid some threads because I just don't have the energy to deal with tyrants and their sycophants.
It would be a statement on the maturity of conservatives if we as a group could hear a belief that differs from our own from a fellow conservative and then avoid hyperbole, sneers, and accusations of lying. But I can dream in one hand and spit in the other and I bet I can guess which one will fill up first.
“In this forum, those who do not go lock step into the ‘home schooling good, public school bad’ mantra will generally avoid posting so as to not be attacked. It’s not that they expect attack as they would someone with a weapon, but they do know that the group will disagree and may turn on them with derision. I will admit even I avoid some threads because I just don’t have the energy to deal with tyrants and their sycophants.”
Well, as you might notice from my site handle, I was at one time a Democrat posting on this forum. Although I’m no longer an active member of Nancy Pelosi’s party, I’ve suffered the slings and arrows, such as they are, at FR. I’ve also been on other conservative websites that are more aggressively moderated than FR.
The truth be told, I prefer the more freewheeling atmosphere at FR. The ideas are fresher and more to the point. And I don’t have to wade through the fluff. Yeah, I might run into a jerk or two, but they’re easily ignored.
You bring up the topic of tyranny. As someone who has been over-exposed to the concept of “political correctness”, let me assure you that having to be overly gentle towards those who are perpetually offended by facts and different opinions than those they hold dear is an insidious tyranny in and of itself.