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As I recall, PA got ugly when a conservative created a dozen or more dopples and made a mess of the Best Of board... which led to lots of crazy back and forth accusations. He was perma-banned which led to other conservatives getting pretty belligerent and aggressive in their messages, accusing TMF of favoritism and accusing others of FAing their posts. TMF got fed up and decided to close all the non-investment boards, a plan already in the works, but did so faster than anyone expected.
You recall wrong.
That dopple situation happened in recent years just before the Boards were closed.
I started saving some posts back in 2008 of some of the crap I endured, wished I had done it sooner.
Let me refresh your memory of the some of the liberal poster names. You probable weren't around back then for some....ghdude, ya, he was a war hero but he posted on a public board with his nasty posts and insults. He opened himself up to rebuttal. He got so bad even TMF finally kicked him off the Boards. feedmeNowhuman, JulieWinter and Wilsonjulie, wow those two females were MEAN. They would double tag team conservative posters. Sandyleelee, another mean one, synchronicity, Ahote, Wzambon, DVD, FoolishWaldo and doppler DorothyM, bufftrainer, Jimbo, clickfool, Nigel, Felix, the list goes on.
Back before 2000 and around 2002/03 the PA was fun. Both sides argued without the rancor that finally crept in when the liberals started showing up.
