Bully pulpits

Self installing oneself to an invented pulpit on an anonymous internet forum recalls Caesar's walk to the Senate. Or maybe a hunting trip with Dick Cheney. Or even being hired by 45. 

Not Ray Bradbury.

Reading the daily recap over breakfast is one of my daily pleasures; love you crazy Americans

Unfortunately, this occurs in other hobby forums too. Someone always manages to interject their political views which ticks off several people---and there it goes! It usually gets really nasty before the posts are removed. Go to the political forums if that's your thing. 

@hhscott , you might want to look for another HiFi discussion forum that better suits your needs/tastes. I've found the Roon community forum to be more consistently civil and on-topic than some others. The focus is on Roon, but it still covers a wide variety of HiFi-related topics.