Cassandra, you bring noble, but somewhat naive, sentiments to the G&M comments section.
To the south of us, they talk of "draining the swamp." Here in G&M comments land it is all about creating a splenetic swamp of public discourse, filled with dark, venomous and petulant put-downs: Cheap shots at a terminally ill person -- hahahaha. Insult people attending as "stupid" -- no problem. Take a sledge hammer to an attempt by our PM to, on our birthday, say  something positive, hopeful about the future -- of course. 
So next time, Cassandra, be sure and put rubber boots before entering, the bile is knee deep in here.