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You haven't been uncivil to me but in the past few days I have been called a DemocRAT and told Heil Hitler among other things. My point on the donation was that why should I donate to a site that calls Pres Bush all sorts of names, lies about what he says, and does the same to me. I was actually asking if the Bush-Bashers wanted us to just leave the site and take our donations because if we left, we certainly wouldn't donate. It is like they are trying to drive us out with all the bashing that has been going on and a lot has gotten very personal and is uncalled for IMHO!

I am all for civil discussion with facts and debate. I find that healthy -- it is the bashing that I don't like.

. It is like they are trying to drive us out with all the bashing that has been going on and a lot has gotten very personal and is uncalled for IMHO!
...I am all for civil discussion with facts and debate. I find that healthy -- it is the bashing that I don't like.

I am with you 100%, PKM.
Speaking for myself, of course I don't want to see you go...but then I do not consider myself a "Bush-basher." How could I be? I supported and voted for the man, for goodness' sake. But I have to respond to your post by saying the door does swing both ways. You should have read the response I got from a well-respected FReeper the other day - one who has never been anything but civil with me - simply for asking a couple of policy-related questions. (Mind you, nothing snotty.) First she hits me with an off-the-wall response, now she doesn't respond to my posts at all. Apparently I an now officially on her **** list.

I'm not whining, mind you...I'm a big girl and pretty much flame-proof by now. But to reiterate...I have ABSOLUTELY witnessed the flaming from BOTH, I repeat, BOTH sides. I am putting my credibility on the line with this statement. And I can assure you, plenty of us would speak up more - not with flames, but with honest questions - but are not especially fond of the "Bush-basher," "traitor," and "RAT plant" labels that are thrown around so cavalierly.

JMO, for what it's worth. BTW, I have never personally used the term "Bushbot," but more and more I am observing that anyone expressing sincere criticism of WH policy, or the President, is viewed as a turncoat. I'm sorry, but I find that mindset SCARY.