I lurked for a few years after finding FR on google searches and seeing it referred to on other Conservative sites. After getting extremely frustrated with the last Presidential election, I finally joined to express my opinion with like minded people. Apparently joining the day after the election was some sort of cardinal sin, which I was reminded of repeatedly after being called a newbie and being told to go back to Democratic Underground. And that's before I had to audacity to disagree with someone, then I was called a DU troll and told to leave. I have been here over a year, have 30 threads and 1,541 replies, and still get called a newbie and sarcastically welcomed to FR.
Your comments are well received, thanks.