How I was treated

carjic | 10-21-2003 | Bruce D Smith

[scorned]

I have been a registered Freeper since November 1997. I posted rarely but read daily. I was proud to be in the company of thinkers and conservatives. Last week I read an article by Ann Coulter defending Rush. I liked it. I emailed it to all the liberals that I know. They have been on me since this ESPN and drug thing hit. One of the people I emailed it to came back with a rant on George Bush and conspiracy this and conspiracy that. It was really off the deep end. However the man that sent it is well educated and otherwise a good guy. I am (as you can see) not a wordsmith by any stretch of the imagination. In the past when I needed some good comebacks I would post the rants on freerepulic and would almost always get some good replies. I did this last week in the morning with a short note of who it was from and asking for help in rebutting it. I got nothing to speak of. So not wanting to waste another post I just copied and pasted the post on a few other threads. Still no reply. Then I thought the real thinkers must be at work. That evening I reposted the email with the same paragraph letting everyone know it was not from me and I was needing some help. The next morning I went to look and found that I have been banned from FREE republic. All privileges have been cut off. No explanation of what I did wrong so I could apologize. I emailed Jim Rob and the webmaster and got no reply. I now feel like a Liberal troublemaker. I had to re register to even post this. Carjic was my old username. Just in case this was a mistake please email me at carjic@swbell.net. If not then at least have the courtesy to tell me why I am banned. Sincerely Bruce D Smith

[scorned]

I am sure this will be pulled soon.

[Xenalyte]

My guess is that once you posted it for like the fourth time, someone thought you might be wasting bandwidth. Some people signed up here years ago and wait to become disruptors for long times. Not that you'd do that, of course, but you know how some DisrUptors are.

[dead]

Arbitrary bannings were instituted to improve morale.

[Pete]

My guess is that once you posted it for like the fourth time, someone thought you might be wasting bandwidth. Some people signed up here years ago and wait to become disruptors for long times. Not that you'd do that, of course, but you know how some DisrUptors are.

Six years? I don't think so.

Also, in all my time here I have never seen anyone get banned for wasting bandwidth unless they were warned first. Sounds like a misunderstanding to me.

[thulldud]

Who has helped you in the past? Did you ping any of them to the original thread?

[perfect stranger]

You shoulda stopped after posting it the second time.

[dirtboy]

Arbitrary bannings were instituted to improve morale.

And to help enhance that sense of paranoia that is so vital for anti-government activism. :^)

[cgk]

LOL!

[No Blue States]

i agree. "No explanation of what I did wrong so I could apologize."

This hardly sounds like a person worthy of banishment to me.

[IncPen]

Looky here...

[Consort]

I was proud to be in the company of thinkers and conservatives.

Is that one group or two groups?

[lilylangtree]

Just be reading some of Jim Robinson's posts, he doesn't appear to be an unfair person. Maybe he has been too busy to reply or maybe the email got lost in cyberspace. Email him again just to be sure, I'm thinking like re-dialing a number.

[Area51]

That will teach you.

Next time use the GD secret code when you enter.
Damned you newbies never follow directions!

[EggsAckley]

Arbitrary bannings were instituted to improve morale.

The beatings will commence at sundown.

[Constitution Day]

Ping.

[Liberal Classic]

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[Phantom Lord]

While this thread has some attention, how about posting what you posted before to see if you can get the help you were seeking.

[lizbet]

I hope that the thread will not be pulled. Sometimes when I post something, no one responds to my post. So, don't feel bad. Jim needs to explain why he banned you.

[Darksheare]

All department heads will be flogged until they straighten out their departments.

[Alouette]

My guess is that once you posted it for like the fourth time, someone thought you might be wasting bandwidth SPAMMING.