He's posted a few times here and there, but not much. I agree, I miss him as well.

He was kinda active not that long ago. I had the impression that the political discussions eventually got to him. He's posted one or two things just last week though. Miss him as well.

He still comes into plug.

Are you guys always this cut-throat with politics? Or is this just because it's election season?

I think it's just this election season. Politics has brought out the **** in people from both sides.

Hard to tell.
I mostly stay away from those threads and even if I post a bit I don't take all that stuff personally or particularly seriously.
I've seen some pretty heated **** going down way before election season, but it certainly did add a whole lot of emotions to the disussions.

Someone made some kind of joke he didn't take well at all. I think it was someone's 9/11 avatar or something?

I wouldn't call it cut-throat. I'm certainly very passionate about it and I try to research things in depth before making statements. The grade school name calling gets a bit old after a while. I mean I'm obviously very strongly for Clinton which can also be said as being very strongly against Trump this election. I have very definitive reasons why based on ideology, and how each candidate might affect my life for the next 4 or more years. I'm a much older dude so it means a lot more to me than I think it might to some of the younger members here who treat it very flippantly at times.

Was it jtf's avatar? I guess I could see how someone might take offense at that, especially if they knew someone who was a victim of the attacks.

If Frownland is involved, just be ready to prove why you're not wrong while simultaneously being told you're wrong for no reason at all.