Being prettymuch the only other conservative at this forum that I've noticed, I've seen it too. I'm usually pretty sarcastic anyway, so I'll come back in debates with smartass comments, but I shy away from direct attacks and insults on specific people. Having been called a "racist" and "homophobe" too many times to count by now, I've almost begun thinking that petty insults of the like aren't an issue and are allowed here.

I get it. So if he said "I THINK Hunter S. Thompson should be...and here's why" or perhaps "Do you think Hunter S. Thompson should be...like I do?" then it would have been alright? It's already been shown that referring to "dumbass soccer moms" and "those bastards are just racist" is perfectly acceptable, as well as "I hope everybody who supports this issue gets shot and dies". It just seems to some of us that the line is drawn a bit to the left.