I joined this weird clan of traveling misfits, oozing from one board to another, back in 2011.
What I recall was the CR was dominated by a handful of guys like Swam who just constantly ragged on Obama, Hilary, and reveled in Facebook memes about ACA/Obamaphones/tan suits/etc. At the time I just ignored it because the old rep system meant one misstep would crater your newbie account quickly.
Now you could reasonably argue that things have swung the other way, however I’d counter that there have been far more real world impacts under Trump…rise of the alt right storming the Capitol, women losing right to choose, misinformation killing people from Covid, attacks against trans/gay/minorities, etc…and thus actually worthy of derision vs 2011 bitching about drone strikes or the deficit or feet on the Resolute desk.
So yeah, the CR has changed…for the better if you ask me.