I don't agree
Yeti didn't take a serious shot at anyone on the board in his initial post ("wingers" ain't exactly a fighting word), and he wasn't even that hard on Bush (comparatively speaking). IMO, it's going to suck next year on CE if we can't call public figures assholes without having to go over to Flame.
There are lots of places to go on the Net to get straight info with little or no comment, indignation, or analysis. Heck, I do it on HZ with my famous unadorned "Here" posts, and most people seem to find that kind of boring without my two cents worth thrown on top of it.