If I may chime in. I have been a loyal Freeper for over 15 years, so I know the screen names well. During the last half of the debate, a good 2/3 of the posters I have never seen.
Folks we were Freeped big time and it made the thread nearly unbearable.
You click on their name, and you can see when they joined. Moderator should have swatted them off our site. :-)
Hi Streetsmart... another aside.. yes the disruptors were annoying but you all were marvelous in all you posted I appreciated it. I wandered through perhaps 3/4 of thread.. poked at back, middle, beginning. You added good insight and it was there for the reading but only had to put up with the naysayers.