Reply #1692: Fair enough.

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I'm not sure what can be done to change things here. Perhaps some sort of moderator training or other would be in order. All I know is a lot of people here on all sides of the issues don't feel comfortable or accepted now.

Skinner said, "we have two fairly large groups of people who each seem to believe that they are the rightful heirs to this community, and that the other side doesn't even have a legitimate claim to be here."

I see this and have had people tell me to 'go back to the Greens where you belong.' This is said to me despite the fact that I have been a registered Democrat for 37 years and never voted for anyone but a Democrat. I have seen posts in one forum where people were stating that people who 'bash' President Obama (which seems to be, in their minds, disagreeing with him) are not really Democrats but are really Greens or Socialists. The clear message was, "They don't belong here."

I know people on the other side of the debate feel people are trying to drive them out, too.

I hope something can be done where people feel safe to discuss and have an opinion. We'll see what happens.