Reply #24: Am I missing something?

[Ardee]

You have over 4400 posts and you think that things have somehow changed for the worse around here?

I suggest a case of the holiday blues, perhaps.....Remember the so-called 'Night of the Long Knives', when a number of the best and brightest were tombstoned? Some have never returned and this place is the worse for their absences. Remember the epic battles between the neocons and the liberals over the (despicable) betrayal of the Party of its fundamental principles(guess which one I am)?

There are any number of examples of hostility and stupidity, displays of close-minded thinking and petty accusations....this is nothing but political discourse as usual,imo.In fact I was under the impression that things had actually gotten a bit more civilized around here (I do tend to stick to a few topics and thus may miss much of what you speak). Even so I consider it par for the course.