It would appear that way to me, after watching this particular strain grow here for the last year or so.
Call them the 'moderate' FR nihilists.
ni-hil-ism /'ni(h)-e-liz-em, :a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and esp. of moral truths 2. :a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility
There seem to be those here whose desire is to make this simply a Bush cheerleading site, and a daily propagator of the GOP party line; irregardless whether those talking points are true and right or not.
(Of course there are those here whose criticisms of the administration are silly and unfounded. But they are just more fodder for the 'smash-anyone-who-doesn't-toe-the-line' crusaders.)
It will be a sad day for FR, and for our Republic, when and if this crowd has the upper hand, and/or drives away those who want to come here to discuss the stated principles underlying Jim's site.
EV
Too late.
Moderate nihilists!?
That's arrant nitwittery and ridiculous on it's face!
Here's a few terms which might be more the mots justes when searching for the source of the trouble.
zeal·ot n.
1.
a. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
b. A fanatically committed person.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
kook n. Slang
A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
mon·o·ma·ni·a n.
1. Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.
2. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
idealogue n.
One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Maybe you should consider what you're saying about Jim and John Robinson when you say that. If you believe that to be true, perhaps you're the one in the wrong place.