Posted on 02/10/2018 6:10:12 AM PST by CincyRichieRich
I'm scared to post this for fear of being yelled at, banned, hurting Jim's feelings...I truly value, love, enjoy everyone here, even those I've argued with...we are family. That said, families ask tough questions...
Over the past year, more recently, fewer posts are made getting the scoop, informing, starting great discussions. I've always considered myself a bit player here, and such a Friday cat and scared of technology, I lurked for 5 yrs before making a user ID, so my dob on Freep really isn't accurate...been here a while.
So I ask who are we? Our purpose is?
Jim is a patriot, created a community and tool to protect and inform the republic...I have noticed a shift...if I post something, lately I am shocked no one else did before me...am I alone in noticing this?
Perhaps it is a sign of our tech and political times...GP, Last Refuge and Sundance, the Chan's 4 and 8, Q and qcodefag, all the Twitter analyses by those interpreting Q...Breitbart...etc.
I go to these sites, get the scoop, go to Freep, and am surprised no one usually is discussing what I just read...no, this isn't 100% of the time, but a lot. What changed? I don't think we are disinterested, but maybe takes too much h effort to post and we have even shorter attention spans or just want to get informed and move on? Am I guilty of laziness?
Sunday, the thread discusses some of this from the week gone by, but I'm hoping we aren't reducing ourselves to a weekly thread and that's it...
Are you doing research for an Opus Dossier?
Can you rephrase your primary point in one concise sentence?
I never thought FR was about the scoop so much as expert armchair analysis of the scoop - especially calling out the BS of some “scoops”.
Anyone using the term ‘Friday cat’ is unqualified to post anything (except maybe a pun).
Check homepage Jim’s Mission Statement.
I tend to comment on posts I am interested in. Also I see a small percentage of the posts on FR. I will try to go directly to your page and respond to you if I think I can add anything.
FR has changed since I first discovered it in 2000. We were younger, more energetic, more likely to “hit the streets”.
I think we are just plain older.
IMHO, there is a lot to take in and digest. Some of it is fakery, some of it on the up and up. It takes time to weed through it all.
WRT Q-anon his posts are cryptic and very difficult to follow, so I leave that to others. Sundance is excellent and there is not much to be said after his posts at CTH.
“So I ask who are we? Our purpose is?”
I’m Brooklyn Attitude. My purpose here is mostly to pick up chicks, and the free beer.
This is where I come to really go through the days news (something besides Q and conspiracy theories).
IMHO, there is a lot to take in and digest. Some of it is fakery, some of it on the up and up. It takes time to weed through it all.
WRT Q-anon his posts are cryptic and very difficult to follow, so I leave that to others. Sundance is excellent and there is not much to be said after his posts at CTH.
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Pretty much...I agree
Anyone using the term ‘Friday cat’ is unqualified to post anything (except maybe a pun).
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Fraidy
Sorry
No need to flame...elder eyes sometimes miss when Kindle auto corrects
free beer?
damn, I’m always the last to find out
Sunday mornings most people sleep in or go to church so the posting slows down...
There is a collective "we" but if one is wondering what we're all about instead of taking personal action, then one is wasting one's time - waiting for someone to organize a march or other such activity will result in a lot of waiting - especially since so many would not follow because of "personal inconveniences".
Want some solid action? Get off thy arse and take some solid action....
I think we are just plain older.
You have a good point. I found out about FR when I somehow heard about the phone conference Algore was having and someone from FR got the phone number so Freepers called in and brought the whole thing to an abrupt end with the sounds of flushing toilets. Those were the days, my FRiend!
Q posts just overcame a good reason to be dismayed about posting on FR. Mods realized the Q posts were being spammed by Trolls and did something about it, deleting every single neggie post in the thread. This helped the convo immeasurably.
I post Greenfield blogs (yes, blogs) several times a week. It is always a great resource for discussion. These threads suffer little from trolls.
The great debates about war and peace, abortion, taxes, SJW, and so forth have been thoroughly delved. The time has come for action. That is precisely where we are, action. We have a president who seems bent on “doing something about it.”
Q provides a forum for discussion of the more hidden aspects of the administration’s activities. Whether or not Q is a real person is irrelevant. What is gathering momentum is citizens grappling with the deeper aspects of our history as it unfolds.
I look for the Q threads and more like them to become the battle grounds for the kind of research and intelligent convo FR has been known for. CTH has coopted the high ground but FR cannot be far behind. We have the resources and the passion without the sycophantile pandering of cult worship. Sundance is absolutely brilliant and much of the convo is on target and in depth.
With the advent of Trump I fear we are entering a phase of hero worship that can easily derail the dignity of free men and women directing the course of our nation. We need men like Trump, many, many more men and women like Trump. Let other, younger patriots be inspired to stand on his shoulders.
I have gone afield but you get my drift, I am certain.
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