Mr. D, if you read closely, you'll see that really the ones with an absolutely fanatical devotion to a single side of the political spectrum are still fewer in number than those of us who do think for ourselves. It's simply that the fanatically devoted ones tend to make more noise, make more individual posts, or make more emotionally extreme posts than those of us who think for ourselves and are quieter. If you read Fengzi, Hamlet, Ozarks, me, P4B, Medicinal, Zimzum, or others, you'll see that we rarely take an extreme one-sided view of all subjects. But you'll also see that many of us have also become tired of trying to change the minds of those who do, which is why our more moderate views are not as noticeable sometimes.

With luck, the new conspiracy forum should help take some of the worst of the extremes out of here and maybe we can have some actual ideological debates in the months ahead.