Russian trolls' goal: Make internet sites unusable by flooding with unnecessary debate and spam

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8. If you look at those threads,

you will see that one side is made up mostly of low-count, recently registered posters, and that the other side is made up mostly of long-time DUers who registered over a decade ago.

When the other side attacks, some of us feel we need to defend ourselves. I don't see a simple solution, unless Skinner decides to ban threads he considers disruptive.

This whole thing could be cooled down significantly if a widely-admired politician could bring himself to stop attacking the Democratic Party and demanding that Democrats throw women and minorities under the bus in an attempt to gain the votes of Trump-loving anti-choicers. I'm sorry, but that sort of thing just rubs some of us the wrong way.

ETA: I see that at least one thread was started by someone who joined this year. I've put that person on ignore.