Reply #85: You can always tell exactly when the word went out to the troops.

[mwb970]

You read a political article then turn to the comments. At first they seem OK, with a diversity of views, mostly "normal" in tone. Then, at some point there is suddenly a 15-minute burst of boneheaded comments from wingnuts. Comment after comment of deranged nonsense. Then the barrage stops as suddenly as it started and the comments go back to being normal again.

I figure these outbursts of wingnuttery come immediately after some "Freep this poll!" type post goes up on a wingnut site. Or maybe it's more organized than that.