The political debate here is smothered and useless with these relentless hounds from the Right, none of them shy to use racists comments. That is their standard. I have an idea who blows the whistle for them to attack with idiotic distracting posts and personal attacks, yet have no proof. But for now it seems even those I trusted to be reasonable and honest, even fair, on the Right have become part of the pack. No discussions on issues are possible. We all have strong opinions about things, however, that should not mean crushing Freedom of Speech. I feel our discourse has been railroaded by operatives on the Right. No doubt the Right feels the opposite. A challenge, then: give as many Troll examples as possible of the opposite leaning group. Prove through weight of evidence that you are the aggrieved party. But we need to define Troll. It is not someone with an opposing view given with respect and providing sources, no matter how upsetting that may be to some. Essentially, a Troll only detracts from the narrative, not staying on topic and using insult and name-calling as their featured comments. Any racists comments automatically qualify a person as a Troll. Any generalization of either party as whatever is Troll-like. I am not attempting to ban such comments, this is an open forum, I am simply looking for a way we may move the conversation forward and actually deal with issues that will effect our children and our nation in the future.

The political debate here is smothered and useless with these relentless hounds from the Right, none of them shy to use racists comments. That is their standard. I have an idea who blows the whistle for them to attack with idiotic distracting posts and personal attacks, yet have no proof. But for now it seems even those I trusted to be reasonable and honest, even fair, on the Right have become part of the pack. No discussions on issues are possible. We all have strong opinions about things, however, that should not mean crushing Freedom of Speech. I feel our discourse has been railroaded by operatives on the Right. No doubt the Right feels the opposite. A challenge, then: give as many Troll examples as possible of the opposite leaning group. Prove through weight of evidence that you are the aggrieved party. But we need to define Troll. It is not someone with an opposing view given with respect and providing sources, no matter how upsetting that may be to some. Essentially, a Troll only detracts from the narrative, not staying on topic and using insult and name-calling as their featured comments. Any racists comments automatically qualify a person as a Troll. Any generalization of either party as whatever is Troll-like. I am not attempting to ban such comments, this is an open forum, I am simply looking for a way we may move the conversation forward and actually deal with issues that will effect our children and our nation in the future.