"...There is only one side making the personal attacks.." GUEST, pdq)

That, I'm afraid, is cobblers. There have been inumerable, and sometimes very vicious, "personal attacks" directed at Mudcatters (and others) who come across as left of centre (a "centre" which in a lot of cases is itself what would be seen in most countries as fairly right-wing). We'd be better off without that kind of stuff, whichever direction it's aimed at.