I'll make a pact with you, if you are willing. If you ever see me bully someone, call me out on it please. I'll do the same for you. We are all adults here (at least I like to imagine we are, who knows in Internet-land). There is no need to belittle or bully to get your point across. But you are right, it turns into a tit for a tat. I think Bucco got his belly full of that kind of behavior a few years back and just comes out fighting now whenever he feels threatened. He was kicked pretty hard. I have learned many things here in the past from people on the left, right and in the middle. The forum has certainly changed though.

I don't know you and I don't know if you were here before political was an opt-in forum or not. I joined just about the time the previous owners changed political to a separate forum you had to join. It was an alternative to doing away with political. It was pretty nasty. I would hate to see that happen again.