Everyone calm down. That means now. That means everyone.
I must agree that the intent of this thread was thoroughly hijacked by the discussing of liberal/conservative hypocrisy. Bricker pulled one part of the OP out and now there’s little discussion of what dtilque wished to discuss.
I realize these things happen, but I want to go on record as stating that I would be extremely dismayed should such things continue to derail or hijack threads. While we don’t give an OP any special powers to control the direction of a thread - though they’ll appeal to moderators every now and again (dtilque has not, lest I create that impression) - we do like to see threads stay on topic.
In this case, I’ll take no action (I reserve the right to do so in the future) other than to say the above and repeat: let a thread be about the thread. Redirecting it in the manner I’ve outlined above makes the appearance of an intentional hijack for purposes of winning a debate instead of discussing a topic.