Glad to see this posted. Thank you!
Yes .. we have all sorts of new visitors .. some lurkers, some snarly libs who come just to disrupt, and some genuine searching conservatives .. whom we do not want to offend and send away.
It is difficult to discern the difference at times, and folks are really frustrated and short-tempered .. sitting on a short fuse with all the 0-pression and garbage that's being thrown at us.
Restraint and a little dollop of patience would be good for all of us to exercise and I include myself .. going lightly on the kneejerk reactionary posts .. until time has shown the poster's true stripes or offering a reminder about courtesy and civility.
There's so much solid content here that those who are sincere in coming here will stick around, but there obviously are some who make it very uncomfortable for folks who aren't interested in confrontational dialogue .. and some have unfortunately left.
I do appreciate all you Mods do .. and especially the restraint in zotting the abusive/vulgar/obscene/ objectionable and offensive posts. It just makes us look so bad, and no one wants that.
Remember to hit abuse on an unacceptable/offensive post .. it helps everyone.
Maybe there could be a standing request at the top of the Forum page reminding folks that it's appreciated.
This is our community .. we 'live here,' and we love it .. and the world is watching us, especially you know who.
Jim and John, thank you for FR and for the great Mods and for all you all do.
