@mystery-ak and the Mods do a very good job of keeping the nastiness to a minimum,
But some people just ignore the rules and even when not provoked by anything or anyone level ugly attacks on other posters, simply because they have differing opinions.
You can count them on one hand around here (at least as far as I've seen), but it still has a very negative effect on the forum...... and I said before, the more the majority falls in line with Trump, the uglier it gets for those who see Conservatism being threatened by him.
Groupthink is for places like TOS. I pray this doesn't ever get that bad.
Conservatism has been under attack for quite some time; I think we can ALL at least agree on that. What I find troubling is the blatant attack on our Constitution -- and it hasn't always just been by the left.
Right now we are witnessing a coup against this President -- he needs our support -- again, like him or not, he IS standing between us and socialism. From what I can tell (and I haven't researched them all in depth) the DEMS opposing Trump are further to the left than even Hillary. Pelosi has lost control of the progressive leftist in her party. There is no accountability whatsoever on the DEM side and they will continue to push with lies and accusations (Pelosi's smear tactic) until they get their way...the public be damned regardless if they voted for Trump or not.
To sum up -- I opt (as of right now) to stand behind someone who I believe has taken this country in a more positive direction than to throw my hand up in the air because he has some flaws. I honestly seem some positive in him and a whole lot of patriotism.
There are no guarantees that he will be re-elected and in fact because of all the corruption from the left, I personally feel his chances are slim. What absolutely frightens my is the lengths that the left has gone to so far to overthrow this administration and there has been little oversight.
Same thing happened under Obama -- his overreach and the blatant corruption of the DOJ was unchallenged. 535 Members of Congress let him and them get away with it -- where was the oversight?
Yes, conservatism is under attack -- however I believe Trump is trying to hold onto the reigns of conservatism as best he can -- he has faced an uphill battle since day one. I saw Cruz as our last chance of restoring this Republic and moving in a more conservative direction. That hasn't changed. What has changed is realizing that the only glimmer of hope that this Republic has right now is Trump; acknowledging his accomplishments and really realizing what he has endured from the left in an attempt to save this country. No one has jumped in on the GOP side to oppose Trump which indicates to me two things; no one thinks that they can do a better job at turning things around and no one wants to battle the bat crap crazies on the left.
Here we sit. God help us.