The classy Michelle thread, for example

[Anonymous]

Jeff, I'm curious how far a thread needs to go before you put a lid on it? This thread in particular was fairly innocuous and then IMO devolved into really nasty and ugly and ridiculous. I didn't report anything but thought others would. Is this stuff not offensive to others? The name calling and gratuitous insults are really off the rails. But maybe I'm hyper sensitive and too conservative for this crowd.

[jsteele]

That thread really pains me because I am a huge Michelle Obama fan. This creates a predicament because I don't want to close it as a result of my own biases. I have been deleting posts from the infamous Panty Sniffer when I am able to catch them (he is the one fixated on Barack Obama's body oder).

I'll probably leave the thread open unless there is a groundswell of indignation.