I have made 10 times more comments to other posters but then i just close the page and it gets dumped, never posted.
It just like playing around with drunks and loaded guns, smart people just don’t do it.
So day after day, often very early i just read comments, occasionally i reply, but mostly its become a spectator sport here, its like a big Roman coliseum, tigers against gladiators type of stuff. Gore, blood, body parts, you get moderators that either do thumbs up or thumbs down....
Me too. The level of discourse has sunk as the season has progressed. The infighting is sad and disturbing. Respectful comments seem to be in short supply. I don't post much anymore and won't have anything to contribute on the subject of Trump or Cruz. But I have learned things -- for example, the underlying similarity of people with widely divergent political opinions (i.e., left v. right).
In person; anyway...
You just hit upon the secret. Thinking twice about whether you want to post something is good sense. We are all guilty of knee jerk posting once in a while, but sometimes we regret it. Keeping a sense of humor always helps.
Anther humbling factor is to take some time outs and think about the enormous job any one of these men still left would have to try to undo the devastation and damage that has been done in the last 15 years. It will not be a cakewalk and success isn’t guaranteed. The vitriol we see here on FR will be far surpassed toward the winner.
I try to stay positive, but there is good reason to have a lot of doubt. If an election does not work, what next?
Also we have to keep in mind any major dirty tricks the Obama world marxist cabal may have in mind to undermine this coming election.