Kendall,
I have found myself increasingly stunned by the tone of…[some] of the respondents on Titus, and that particular thread which included your own thoughts on Sarah Palin was particularly unedifying….
On a more general note, these days I usually pause several times before posting on Titus because it would appear that on…[some] of the threads there is rightist determination to pounce on anything that is considered not to be towing their particular party line — and usually it is not the idea that is made subject to debate, but it all comes down to issues of personality and prejudice. Most of the time I do not engage because of such an expected response.
I am sorry that such Rush Limbaugh shout-you-down tactics have taken more moderate voices like my own out of the discussion, because clearly a lot of us have shrugged our shoulders and said to ourselves that we have better things to do than jumping in on a conversation where we are going to be kicked around the place like something nasty that the cat brought in!
I am sorry that this polarization has taken place because it minimizes our ability to honestly and faithfully exchange ideas and create some kind of fresh, Christ-centered synthesis.