[fintstone]

Many of the most vocal complaintants are regular visitors to PARF who receive regular spankings rather poorly. I cannot imagine why they would not expect disagreement in a BBS titled “Politics and Religion”. Calling a sitting President insulting names or denigrating a major religion should make one expect an equally virulent response. It seems that certain parts of the country are so strongly indoctrinated on certain issues that they feel that there is really no need to make an argument beyond “everybody knows...” and if you disagree, you must be stupid, racist, homophobic, etc. Why anyone would expect folks to back up their claims seems totally beyond their comprehension. Conventional “wisdom” spouted by these folks has not worked...it is time that issues are examined in a fresh, new manner.