First of all, have you even read any of my other posts in this forum? Read any of my articles? Talk about ignorance. I seek nothing but intelligent debate and discussion here. My opening salvo was directed at those FReepers (and they know who they are) who are interested in one thing only: to praise George W. Bush. I have tried to engage some of these people on their "positive" threads only to be told to "Get lost. This is not a Bush-bashing thread!"
FR is supposed to be a place for grass-roots conservatism, and that includes pointing out the mistakes made by the chief executive of this country. I did it with Clinton and Gore and I intend to keep doing it during this president's term(s). If that kind of thing isn't welcome here then perhaps I was mistaken as to what kind of forum this was supposed to be.
Do you honestly think that comments like the ones I referenced in my post should be allowed to slip by without so much as a whimper of dissent? Frankly, I am rather disturbed by people who call themselves "conservative" and castigate all who dare to criticize the liberal policies of a Republican administration.
If that is indeed what you had in mind, then why an opening salvo at all?
It seems to me that plainly stating your point, and asking for opinions would have set a better tone for the thread, and FReepers to follow. As it was, it generated more of the very insults that have offended you, and brought the very posters whom you sought to distance yourself from.