When have I done any of that?
Friends don't always agree, and sometimes friends have to level with each other on a sore subject.
What was that old Ben said? We must all hang together, or most assuradly we will all hang separately?
You need to come to grips with the notion that it's not just one side of this debate who are planting barbs. There's some bull-baiting going on from the other side, too.
Ann Coulter is a dear friend of mine and one of our very early FReepers. The insults you direct to her and her beliefs fall very close to home.