Where's the hatred on here? People sometimes can get a bit snippy with each other but that's life. As for 'political tool', that's nonsense. Fmttm has always been left leaning, but then so has the town.
The country generally is in a pretty angry state right now (and who could be surprised at that?) and perhaps a little of that leaks onto here, I don't know.
For myself, I suspect that those among us who lean to the right are feeling a little bit touchy right now because their choice of government is widely despised for its massive duplicity, and for royally ****ing up the country.