[livius]

It’s the circular fire and destructive sarcasm...

I have often wondered how much of that comes from trolls. The disagreement is not witty or informed, just blustering and vicious and aimed at silencing the other person, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if there are a few Dem operatives behind some of these "Freeper" attacks on other Freepers.

[Running On Empty]

That has also occurred to me.

[Drill Thrawl]

While there is a bit of the aimed at silencing the other person, I think it's more frustration with the current GOP leadership. Seriously, what have they done in the last six months? They posture, and preen and primp, and then they just vote for the budget resolutions anyway. 100 Billion (a joke in and of itself) in cuts becomes a 38 million cut and we're supposed to be happy with this? The GOP only controls 1/2 of 1 branch of the gubment but it is the most powerfull of them all. They have the power of the purse and they refuse to use it.