I think the ratio of right:left here is fairly even, although the left seems to be dominated by shallow extremists and the right...seems to be dominated by shallow extremists.
I've seen worse passions on other boards, though.
I am a tired old warhorse who is an old school Reagan conservative since before Reagan and conservatism were cool. My first magazine subscription was to
National Review. I hero-worshipped Willliam F. Buckley (Chairman Bill), and pin efor the days when a conservative was the smartest person in the room.
Believe it or not, I have been frequently mistaken for a drooling liberal by some of the rabble. Mostly when I point out flaws, assumptions, parroting of inaccurate memes, and logical fallacies in some of the more ridiculous arguments coming from my end of the spectrum.
I believe mindlessness is the single greatest factor undermining the Right's success today.