Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Yeah, there are trolls out there but I suppose I was discounting them since they're not folks to be taken seriously. Sometimes I wonder if the trolls aren't stalking wing nuts trying to stir things up and give the liberal sites a bad name. I know it seems that way to me on Kos diaries and I've seen several right here. I'm not generous to many politicians or commentors myself most times but I do try to be civil and even respectful if the subject is genuinely struggling with issues.
So I must concede that excluding trolls is a caveat to my earlier statement.

Being from the mountains myself I should also admit that there's more than a grain of truth to statements about the number of and stridency of the bigotry that exists in all those small mountain towns and "coal camps." I know the town where I grew up there was a sign just outside town, near the state line, as late as the late 60s that stated "Nigger, don't let the sun set on you in ****", indicating it was fine if they came and shopped but they better get on home to their "coal camp" holler quickly as possible.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson