re: Conservative Christians rally around persecuted Judge Roy Moore

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Yeah, this forum is a great example of that. If it is so important, why is it so rarely practiced?

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A couple of things here.

1) Humans (all humans) are sinful and do not always do what is right, even when they know better. This extends to forgiveness, too.

2) Christians are sinners, too, and even though we may know better, we still do what we aren't supposed to do and we don't do what we're supposed to do. We sin all the time. What separates the Christian from the non-Christian is the very thing we're talking about here: forgiveness. True Christians (from the Biblical perspective) repent of their sins and ask God for forgiveness for our sins, including our own lack of forgiveness of others.

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People who can't forgive, aren't true Christians. Right? They are fake-Christians, sorta like our news media?

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Not necessarily true. Like I just said, Christians are sinners, too, and we're more than capable (as you know) of acting inconstantly with our professed beliefs.

While I personally believe there are a lot of professing Christians these days that don't have forgiveness from God for their sins (because their association with Christianity is based on tradition or a desire to belong to a "good" group, among other reasons), there are many who are true Christians (meaning, they have salvation from God through faith in Christ) that haven't been sanctified in that area yet.

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Sorry, but based on what I see here, I don't feel like I'm among any Christians and I mean not one.

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I understand why you would feel that way. A lot of Christians act inconsistently with their professed faith.