This is a moderated topic. I seem to remember someone calling people names which would be a cause for moderators to step in normally. You can go to unmoderated forums where people can bash each other.
Also and I don’t mean this to be “political” just factual. Many people living in the US – not just government workers, and undocumented foreigners, are going through some uncertainty at the moment with employment. This includes people in private industries as well as non-profits. That’s a lot of people. We are also struggling with inflation and a lot of uncertainty. On social media things are very polarized and ugly. This forum while moderated and not a platform about politics, should feel like a safe enough space to come and discuss “trends” and conditions in countries or regions for travel whether people are talking about crime and safety for solo travelers in some regions, or border issues with attacked for giving factual information such as links to information from travel business sites etc.