Free Republic.com is Dying (Daily Kooks mention us)

Daily Kooks | Sat May 9, 2009 | The Red Pen

[Tzimisce]

Most people on Daily Kos are (painfully) aware of Free Republic, the bottomless digital repository of bigotry, authoritarianism and hatred for most other Americans, all wrapped in 90's-era HTML. Usually, sane people who stop by there to check it out, find something utterly appalling within a few minutes of browsing, and close the page, never to return. Thus, there isn't a lot of detailed knowledge of Free Republic on Daily Kos.

One important feature of the site is that it is community-supported through donation drives called "Freepathons." In 2008, Jim Robinson, the site founder, seems to have decided to purge the archives of all but the current and most-recent Freepathon threads. This is a wise decision on his part because you don't have to go back very far to see that Free Republic is struggling to meet its modest fundraising goals.

[KLT]

What a crappy site..Dailykos.com

[KLT]

Who knows...they have a garbage site...they can keep their libs and communists...

[FrogMom]

I lasted ONE post at DU. Talked truth - NOT allowed.

[HiTech RedNeck]

How can anybody live like that. It is weird and frightful. One would think we are all Michael Savage for what they are saying about us.

[BIGLOOK]

You're such a sweetie, Grams! You'd give a cup of tea and a cookie to those who oppose you.



Happy Mother's Day to you!

You're a Trooper First Class!

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Ha. Pssst.. don't tell the Kos lurkers, but I'm a registered poster over at DU.

I haven't posted very much. I always feel like I need a shower when I come out of there.

[FrogMom]

Meh. Just consider the source.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What on earth can you SAY over there without getting banned. I could tell them, using nothing but MSM sources, exactly what a bumbler Obama is and I would be gone.

[rockrr]

Wasn’t there a song about taht?

I am deader now than yesterday
And I will be deader tomorrow...

[Dajjal]

bump

[BCrago66]

As far as hatred, bigotry, blah, blah, blah, I’ve heard it before. But this “all wrapped in 90’s-era HTML” business is a grave insult. Free Republic is far easier to negotiate than Daily Kos. And the commenting system is superior.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Only a few posts so far, mostly consisting of the "me too" variety.. waiting to hatch my evil plan.

New posters who speak truth over there get ridiculed then banned.

And the F bomb seems to be a requirement in posts. You know, nothing gets a passionate poster's point across like some crude effin' language. I think there is a lot of fighting and sniping among themselves there too.

I also found that I and FReepers like me are called "repugs". Wonder if they would let me explain the difference between a Conservative and a repug?

They really are a vile, myopic crew.

[dr_lew]

“Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes.” - Valentine Michael Smith

[what's up]

Last I heard FR was still one of the top 10 political sites on the internet.

KOS is in the gutter.

[redhead]

"It’s better than the wild old days where an HTML gaffe could screw up the entire rest of the thread, until somebody posted appropriate tag closes."

Ooh. I must be old. I remember those days. Seemed like just about every thread had a "CLOSE YOUR DAM*ED TAGS!" post somewhere. I have to admit, it did lead to some rather interesting-looking threads.

[ScaniaBoy]

OK, I got the hint, although it was subtle indeed. Time to donate!

[TheThinker]

And FR is chocked-full of information and wide-ranging subjects.

[The Duke]

The statists have a LOT more to worry about than Free Republic now. Freepers are the small subset of Americans willing to take a stand on conservative principles. And they are dwarfed in number by the indignant tea-partiers who are motivated by the realization that the government is scamming them out of their savings and retirements.

The other night I attended a local "town hall" meeting of citizens that was every bit as outraged as any Freeper, and planning plenty of political action.

A sleeping giant is truly awakening, and it's numbers are legion.

[Brad’s Gramma]

The other night I attended a local "town hall" meeting of citizens that was every bit as outraged as any Freeper, and planning plenty of political action.

THAT is very encouraging!!!

[Rocky]

LOL!