This is the way I see it:
Someone comes on the peaceful Sunday thread and says, “I hate Cruz/Trump and here’s why.”
Someone replies to that with, “You suck, you brainless dolt (insert whatever insult), and here’s why.”
I’m going to take exception to that. It is a personal attack.
If the counter reply was “You are wrong, and here’s why.” then that is OK.
I vehemently disagree with savedbygrace, but he really didn’t insult anyone here. In fact, he was personally insulted several times.
We can keep the peace by simply not replying in the first place.
Some people like to always have the last word, and I’ve seen threads on Free Republic go to hundreds of posts just replying back essentially with “Is so!” “Isn’t!” “Is so!” “Isn’t!”...
Best bet: Just stop posting to that person.
Or, as I said earlier: Do not feed the trolls.