The reference to someone that wished there would be another earthquake is San Francisco was weak, but I have had people tell me they think a Nuke should be dropped on my home in China. When I told them they should not say such things, they insisted in repeated replies that they were serious.
These people are not good for FR. I don't think the feminist writer had much of a point to make and you detail the false logic she uses very well. But on the stupid things people write on here, there is a point to be made.
Welcome to the Internet. People like that are hardly unique to Free Republic. Go to any discussion forum and you'll find them there.