LS, I don’t think your point is made. You thank the two people who seem to generally agree with your politics for taking the high road, when at least one of them (maybe you haven’t read all her posts) definitely has at least occasionally strayed from the high road.
Except for one slightly condescending comment from one poster, I don’t see any comments in this thread that indicate that “some are simply unable of showing common courtesy towards viewpoints differing from their own, and frequently go on to trashing individuals or groups that personally insults well-intentioned members of this online community.”
That said, this is a real estate forum, and yes, we should probably take our political debate elsewhere. As I said, I’ll have a link here within a few days to a site where we can freely debate politics if we want. Hope you join us, LS.