I know you are. Your choice has been clear.
I even think debate is good between Trumpsters and Cruzers, but the trouble begins when the visceral hatred spills in and some allow their emotions to be taken so far they will refuse to vote in November, thus allowing the commies to win again.
Debate is fine, but once hate is allowed, then Satan gains a pathway in to destroy what you built.
Good tagline.
I'd say the trouble begins (began) with name calling, both references to entire groups of supporters and back-and-forth between individuals. Many basic and often heated disagreements exist and that won't change during this primary process. But if the disagreements over candidates and policies could take place without the name calling and personal insults, that would be about all anyone could hope for under the circumstances of this election cycle.
If every person cared more about finding (or waiting for) the real truth than they care about destroying the person running against their chosen one, this would be a different place. We can’t legislate an evidence-based epistemology and the fruit of the Spirit; people either have it or they don’t, and as long as people don’t care for truth we’re gonna have problems.
FR is a microcosm of the nation. A democratic Republic can only survive if the populace is moral. And the USA mostly isn’t. Most people care about what is expedient, not what is right or true. The only way the nation will turn around and be saved is if the people let GOD change them into people who truly seek truth and justice.
And because I said that out loud here, my comments are all being moderated as if my account was less than a week old. Apparently Romans 1 is not OK here.
I’m all for telling people when they’re being hostile and, more particularly, when they are factually wrong.
The candidates deserve our scrutiny and I don’t get agitated when FReepers trash public political figures, if they can back their assertions and positions with the truth.
I DO have a problem with FReeper on FReeper personal attacks.
Final note: never fall in love with a politician. With rare exception, they will disappoint you every time.
And then there are the operatives and disruptors who are being paid to foment discord.