In all those years I never once hit abuse on anyone. A thread came up a few months ago about language and the Mod TOLD us to use the abuse button. I used it once in 8 years.
An older thread about profanity and what would be done about it;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755064/posts
I probably made hundreds of parody graphics of Hillary but never saw the meanness of speech that I see now. I think there is so much hatred of Obama that people are finding it harder to control themselves anymore.
We've all seen other forums where profanity runs rampant. If I complain it's because I never want to see that happen here.
That, I believe, is the answer to the heightened level of anger and profanity we've seen in the posting here. Just look at what that Marxist is attempting to do to our country.
The explosion of anger we're all seeing is entirely justified in my opinion. We'd all be less than sane if we reacted with anything less than anger and extreme indignation. It's entirely appropriate, given the circumstance.
That being said, there are ways to communicate one's anger without resorting to vulgarity and cursing on a public forum.
Perhaps I am blurring the distinction between name calling and profanity (which I view as equivalent). The foaming at the mouth hatred directed at Mrs. Obama seems the same as Hillary! got. I made the same observation then, that I make now - there's no need to name call, their actions speak for themselves.
I probably made hundreds of parody graphics of Hillary but never saw the meanness of speech that I see now.
There's always a tendency in online forums to look back to the period near when one signed on as "The Golden Age". At least that's what I've observed.
If I complain it's because I never want to see that happen here.
Ditto. I happen to think we're better than that. Thanks for the link. I guess I will start banging on the abuse button a bit more, no matter how much I hate doing it.