Very little intellectual debate?
You apparently haven't looked at any of the eligibility threads. There have been quite a few with, unfortunately, no consensus.
Frankly, it has seemed to me that the viciousness, petty sarcasm, etc. is weighted heavily on the Trump side.
Well, you are wrong about that. Short of combing through the threads counting the numbers of "violations" on either side (as a certain advocate of a particular brand of computers used to do), I would say the levels of misbehavior on each side are about equal, but you are typical of many Cruz supporters in not being able to see how obnoxious the people on your side are and have been, as are many Trump people for not being able to see the same thing on their side.
It does no good to decry the vitriol while pointing your finger at the other side, while denying the vitriol coming from your own side.
Free Republic is a very small part of a very large country. In spite of what some people here might think, and in spite of their imagined importance, what happens on this site will have absolutely no impact on the outcome of the election.
The sooner people realize that, the sooner things here will simmer down.
***And we’re going to need FR now more than ever to combat the current crop of Marxists and progressives who have infested our government and public institutions and who are dead set on destroying the final remnants of our cherished constitution and our precious God-given liberty!!***
Ah but we are told constantly the exact opposite, so people believe that there venting on here somehow is going to save the Republic!
It’s when we get off of the internet and get in the streets, that’s our only hope now to save the country.