Hi Monica, I agree. There are a few people I will no longer respond to and I tend to leave my comment and call it a day unless the subject absolutely requires clarification. For one thing, I don't have the time to get into most extended discussions. I also miss our posters who would provide detailed comments--sometimes mini-essays, like Joseph. I learned a lot from various posters on Disqus. 

My sense, additionally, is that being in a constant state of exitation and outrage, either over Trump or anti-Trump, is being fueled by articles here that tend toward that direction and less toward the deeper commentary on the history of Catholic social teaching and the nature of the moral priority to "welcome the stranger." Even if these things are controversial to some people, I wish to hear more about this stuff than I do people's experiences at various marches. I am glad people are marching all over the world but I have a good handle on why. I seek something different here.