I just think we may have a few more disruptors than we used to have! But that started with the Florida fiasco when so many newbies signed up. During the primaries we were at each other from the various camps but that seems like a walk in the park to what I have witnessed recently. We had some good flame wars back then but this has been downright nasty recently and from posters that I don't recognize at times!
I gave up on trying to keep track of newbies long ago.
I just treat 'em all alike and post my replies in whatever fashion suits my mood of the moment.
Eventually I may come to recognize some of them as "old timers" that I can begin to understand in more depth, but that has become more difficult to do with the increase in forum participants.