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-- I've never seen such a level of vitriol in the thirteen years I've been on this forum as that emanating from some of the slavish devotees of one candidate or another against someone supporting another candidate. --

The same dynamic happens every election cycle, only (some of) the names change. Was also pretty interesting around the Harriet Miers nomination; and there is ample vitriol in the birther threads.

Not that you should do what I do, but vitriolic exchanges present an opportunity to do some independent fact-checking, and then deciding (without necessarily saying anything) which posters are spinning. That helps the reading filter chore for the long run.

If you had read my post, you'd know I stated the level of vitriol on many primary threads is the highest I've seen in thirteen years on this board. I didn't say we've never experienced this before on FR....we have, but not to this extent.

According to your way of thinking, nasty name-calling, vile words, harrassing and personal attacks on other freepers (those comments that don't bother with addressing the issues) are okay with you....in fact, we should LOVE these low-life words and phrases because, according to you, "they open so many OPPORTUNITIES for us to....".....well, to do something or other that's supposed to be beneficial in your eyes....... I don't know quite what. I'm still wracking my brain.

However, you're entitled to your ethics-neutral views no matter how vicious the personal warfare is. I pointed out the ugly phenomenom being perpetrated by some freepers who will post ANYTHING that comes out of their feverish grey cells...and that's that.

Eagles Up!

Leni