I'd love it if the JPR returnees...

[Cary]

144. DU "welcomes" whatever and whomever the admins tolerate

There are too many categories to consider so I would not necessarily lump people into "far-left" or other. Nor would I categorize things according to who favors what policy, if I were to spend the time, because of course you are correct. The ideological purity is nonsense.

What we are discussing, and I sense we understand each other, isn't about policy as much as it is an attitude illustrated by "the JPR crew." "The JPR crew" has a chip on their shoulder, individually and collectively. They probably do not understand the distinction, as you say. Or maybe they do and they just want conflict? I don't know, but again we are lumping a fair number of people so it is probably both. Some don't understand the value of a coalition, or how to make a coalition. Some are malicious, no doubt, and even moles. Some are somewhere in between.

All I know is that I want a place where I can a peaceful discussion, like the one we are having now, and not have someone playing some insipid game with me trying to change the subject to "Cary sucks." I don't understand why that's too much to ask.