re: #38 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I think the infinite ocean of idiocy has always been there, and the internet blew up the dam.

Actually, I disagree with that. There have always been nutjobs out there but they tended to be concentrated on late night talk radio or in organizations like the John Birchers. Republicans back in the 70s and before were sane, mostly. It was during the Raygun presidency that things started to turn. They started to turn nasty at that point. In to the 90s, under the Bush and Stupid Bush is when the tide really turned and governing turned into a zero sum game. If you win then I must, by necessity, lose, and I can’t have that. And with Obama, they completely lost their minds and reasonableness and responsibility went out the door and into the vacuum stepped trump, who had a flock on conditioned shit heads to draw upon. And so, here we are. There is such a divide now, I don’t see a path out.