There's no question that the vitriol has worsened and accelerated, not only here, but in every public forum, and it is largely built on the built-in anonymity of internet chat-sites..., but leave the 'fire? Ya can't! We need You!
How about just not viewing or contributing to those threads? How about being the voice of reason and responsibility that calls out those that hide behind their internet masks. We could boycott those threads and draw attention to a more balanced response..., or maybe start a new gun and knife forum for ourselves.
I suspect the campfire is ultimately a victim of it's own success, having reached it's own tower-of-Babel critical mass, it must fall.
