[Springfield Reformer]

We get sophomoric insults because even FR is seriously tainted with the degraded state of popular culture. There are way too many people who think insult is an effective form of discrediting an argument.

For example, I’m a Cruzer, and you would not believe the number of times I have been accused of terrible personal misdeeds in lieu of a substantive response to the issues I’ve raised. And from people who on any given day can make arguments I’d consider, if the craziness wasn’t mixed in with it. I’ve never seen it worse on FR. I’ve even begun to question the value of the time I spend here. No, I’ll probably never “opus out,” as they say. Too addicted. :) But it does give one pause. What is this need to make everything personal? It is irrational to me.

Peace,

SR

[grania]

It was this bad, maybe worse, the first time Ron Paul ran for President. His supporters were the nastiest feral know-it-all verbal beasts I've ever run into on line. Their superiority complex just might be what stopped a lot of people from supporting Ron Paul.

I actually like the argument, in a way. It's telling me a lot about the posters, and pretty much framing the level of respect I have for them.

[Squeako]

I honestly think it’s really just a handful of posters. The unfortunate thing is they spam every single article so it’s almost pointless to read the responses until the general election.