How Free is Free Republic

kuro5hin.org ^ | Mon Dec 29th, 2003 at 09:53:55 PM EST | felixrayman

[Quilla]

It was posted a few days ago and apparently pulled.

[visagoth]

OK - Thanks... I guess that's why I couldnt find it.

We'll see what happens to this one then.

[Nachum]

FreeRepublic must be extremely effective to elicit this response. One would expect the attacks to grow as we get nearer to election time.

[Rebelbase]

This thread has been pulled.

Pulled on 12/30/2003 12:42:41 PM EST by Admin Moderator, reason:

Promoting left wing site

Okay

[BunnySlippers]

:::yawn:::

[sauropod]

Some moderators are a little too quick on the trigger.

I would have preferred to answer this fool and figuratively roasted him/her over a slow fire.

[Jim Robinson]

Free Republic is privately owned and funded. We exercise our right to control the use and content of our website. We also exersize our right to freedom of association. Liberal trolls and their posts are usually removed. We do not want to waste our time or resources on their nonsense. Free Republic is not a liberal debating society.

[visagoth]

Jim:

Thanks for your reply. My intention in posting the thread was not to 'promote a left wing website', but to give others a heads up on the discussion regarding trying to 'troll' FR.

Thanks again for FR. I appreciate it.

[ChuckHam]

Thanks for keeping this site clean. If I want to wallow in the sewer I can go to DU.

[nwrep]

Thanks!

[airborne]

Thank you Mr. Robinson! And a happy, prosperous new year to all!

[winner3000]

Nobody said that Saddam's capture will stop ALL Al Qaeda attacks on the US. But no objective reasonable person can say that his arrest hasn't made Americans safer. Apart from logic, events that occurred afterwards prove my point: Many terrorists were arrested thanks to information found on Saddam, and a lot of Iraqis have come forward since his capture to help with the capture of other terrorists, specifically because they were now less afraid to do so. They at least knew that it's now official: Saddam mathematically can no longer be expected to come back to power.

[SunStar]

This is a gathering place for conservatives only. We do not want to debate liberals on this forum. We can find liberal viewpoints throughout the media and on sites such as BartCop and DU. Let us have our liberal-free zone. OK, buddy?

[BobFromNJ]

Jim--Way to go!! Why do these left-leaning self-appointed intellectuals try so hard to be heard in the wrong places??
Anyway, great response!

[Britton J Wingfield]

Not sure if I'd call that a left wing site or not. I've been checking it out for a couple of days.

There is at least one other freeper there, and some pretty good left/right discussions going on.

Apparently they had a mass exodus of lefties to some other site, equaling things out a bit.

Just my observations.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Looks like people on his own site are calling him on his BS.

[bolobaby]

OK, I've been around FR for a few years and I'm pretty darn conservative. I agree with yanking speculative and/or inciteful remarks by lefties who are just trying to cause trouble.

BUT...

It seems to me that his second remark was a factual correction of some sort. As a true conservative, I want the facts. I'd look at a correction like that and think "ok, someone here is wrong." Then I'd do some quick research and figure out what the truth really was.

I haven't looked at this matter, so I don't know where the truth lies, but it does disturb me that the reply was yanked. Any attempt to set facts straight should be given consideration unless it is a blatant misinformation. I look at that post and it doesn't seem like blatant misinformation.

Am I wrong to feel this way?

[ChuckHam]

This is a gathering place for conservatives only. We do not want to debate liberals on this forum. We can find liberal viewpoints throughout the media and on sites such as BartCop and DU. Let us have our liberal-free zone. OK, buddy?

Actually I like to debate liberals if they can back up their argument with intelligent debate. Unfortunately, most of them are caught up in emotion and media lies.

[isthisnickcool]

FreeRepublic free? No way! I've heard it on pretty good authority that this place rakes in the money? Here is a spyshot of Jim Robinson and a special van he bought with all the money he has made here! And just look at the house Robinson bought!

Oh, this thread has nothing to do with this? Nevermind:)