“I would be happy if either Trump or Cruz gets the nomination.”
ditto.
“There is something weird going on with many people claiming to be Cruz followers here however. They are losing it completely and spreading rabid anti-Trump propaganda and misrepresentations. It is almost a little scary.”
agreed. Most of these people are off their rockers and are incapable of rational discussion. it appears to me (and some others) as if most of the really rabid Cruz-Trolls bought or cracked old inactive accounts, and are probably paid Cruz-trolls: most of this handful of rabid Cruz-Troll accounts are from 1998 and 1999.
I think that you are onto something. This seems to have escalated a great deal in the past couple of weeks. I have also noticed that despite the explosive rhetoric most of them do not respond to people who challenge them. This seems like "professional" behavior. They are cautious about getting into emotional conflicts with others to avoid getting zotted.
I am doubtful that they are being paid for by Cruz because I think the posts are in reality very damaging to Cruz. I would suspect that if they are professional trolls that it is more likely they are paid by Jeb or one of the other establishment candidates who feels that they would benefit by Cruz or Trump going to war. The real pressure the last couple of weeks appears to be on Cruz. He has been hit by one bad thing after another. Fortunately, I do not think that the troll like comments here are representative of how he is reacting.