Many ugly and hateful statements on the Chatlist. Is this because of the elections?

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:07:13 -0400
From: Dee Campbell
Subject: The Chatlist

There seems to be so many ugly and hateful statements on the Chatlist. Is this because of the elections? Why can’t people post what their choice in candidates are and stop putting others down. Has this become the way of how to get elected? To me hate begets hate.