I've remained mostly silent recently because I did not want to overly influence the communities discussion with my own personal opinions.

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The offensive language and behavior in the thread has gotten out of hand, however.

Until things settle down, posts which are off-topic, not helpful, contain ad hominem attacks or offensive language will be deleted.


This thread is intended to be a forum for deliberative discussion; that can't take place with the type of posting that has been occurring recently.