[Imal]

I am always amused by the implication that we FReepers always agree with everything that is posted, and are in lockstep on every issue.

Only someone who has never actually visited FreeRepublic.com and has no clue about its format would ever make such a an incredibly stupid suggestion.

Once I see that, I know the rest of what an author has to say is basically worthless.

The idea that Iraqi security forces use the Free Republic for background checks is flattering, however, if somewhat fanciful.

[El Conservador]

I've gone through various forums, and their image of FR is that one of JimRob being Hitler or Goebbels, and us Freepers being the jack-booted, brown-shirted Nazi followers, yelling "Sieg Heil" at every "fatwa" JimRob or the others say without any intellectual exploration.

Or we have the other one: A bunch of toothless, inbred rednecks who wave flags while eating catfish, drinking cheap beer and chewing tobaccy. According to the others, we log on to FR from our trailers.

I'm used to those conceptions, sort of.