F R . I think its time to take some time off , its become a mad house.

sopwith | 02\04\16 | me

[sopwith]

We are suppose to be on the same team and have the same goals. What went wrong? I'm not dumping FR. Just going to give it a month or so. The msm must love to read these post lately . Look we got them eating their own. We have a goal and whats happening on Free Republic is not it. See ya in awhile . god bless.

[Talisker]

Wanna take a month off? TAKE A MONTH OFF..? WHY do these people ANNOUNCE it..? I STILL don't get it. It's like we OWE them something...?

I know, right? I mean, it's not like if I took a month off! Who do they think they are?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Temporary opus?

[Oldexpat]

There was a time that posters had knowledge of the subject at hand and contributed positive facts rather than opinion and speculation.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Let people write whatever they will.

Agree. It was quite liberating to learn that I can choose simply to IGNORE posts (and posters) that get under my skin.

Or not. ;-)

But it’s MY choice. No one can force me to read or respond to anything.

[Larry Lucido]

A “tempopus”?

[onona]

[Talisker]

I'm sorry. But it's not the same this time. It's worse. People are declaring rush and Levin and behind some conspiracy in cahoots with the establishment,the very same ones all of a sudden cheerleaders for Karl Rove and political savvy, some are mocking Christians, and then others are suddenly HUGE fans of big government. It beats all I've ever seen.

They're Hillarybots infiltrating FR. Divide and conquer. Have no clear calm place for conservatives to discuss candidates. That's what SuperPAC money is FOR.

[Fantasywriter]

‘Some of those old timers are the very worst posters on here. I looked up dates of some and a few were here in 1998.’

+1

[Georgia Girl 2]

LOL!

[Larry Lucido]

I was off of FR for almost a day once, and hardly anyone missed me.

So now I announce every time I take a shower.

[kiryandil]

Both sides should rein in their own.

That might short-circuit the escalations. :)

[Talisker]

I have noticed that some posters who have been with FR since inception think that gives them the right to verbally abuse and disrespect newer posters.

Most times it’s mild ribbing about ‘Newbies’, sort of like high school freshmen in my old school being talked into buying an ‘Elevator Pass’. Although my school had 8 floors, no ‘elevator passes’ were ever required.

But other times, I’ve seen a ‘Senior Poster’ stalk, troll, ridicule, gang up and generally harass newer posters who express a point of view slightly ‘out of the box’. Nothing subversive, just not the prevailing sentiment. I generally either ignore it, or stop myself from responding when I can see that someone is fishing for a confrontation, a much ado about nothing. Some others cannot resist the challenge, the virtual white glove smacking them in the face, and they proceed to take the bait, responding with dueling postings, back and forth, tit for tat, like a ping pong game, filling screen space.

Says you.

:spit:

[lee martell]

That’s a very funny depiction of what I mean!LOL
Another would be where the Rouge Elephant was run off the family grounds by the Senior Bull Elephant ‘Hit the road, Jack, don’t come back!!”

[Eddie01]

Right?!

Libbylu Opus’d on 30Jan and was back posting on 02Feb.

I was getting all packed to go to hell too.

Very disspointing.

[Nervous Tick]

:-)

[kiryandil]

A trumperopus or a cruzeropus.

I don't wanna see a rubiopus...

[Gamecock]

[Nervous Tick]

>> So now I announce every time I take a shower.

I think you should shower more often. Glad we're only virtual acquaintances. Phew.

[Larry Lucido]

I don't wanna see a rubiopus...

Yeah, I'm sure I don't want to see one either.

[Larry Lucido]

Hey, every Saturday, whether I need it or not!