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Well, this site is unabashedly and exclusively pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-country, pro-liberty and pro-constitution. There is absolutely nothing on that list that I’m willing to surrender, negotiate on or compromise away.

I haven't been on FR long but I can understand (and admire) your stance on this.

Having said that, I do agree with some of the comments upthread and have made this point before: whether you agree with this view or not, the perception outside of FR is that the ZOT comes down awful fast in this place... it put me off joining for a very long time and that's based on being on other talkboards full of right wingers who told me, "I just wasn't right wing enough".

Actually, that gives me an idea. Every time you ZOT an aspiring conservative with an open mind but who could be an asset to the cause with a little bit of steering in the right direction, you're making a conscious decision to sending them over to the RINO conversion shops - Hannity's or the Daily Mail forums in the UK - or worse, to left wing talkboards like Guardian Talk.

So since you're doing that already and it pleases you to do so, AND they do get advertising revenue, have you thought of charging them a commission for referrals?!

Jim, since there have been suggestions for tee shirts, etc on this thread, you might want to consider this one.

This comment just brought it to mind.

Every time you ZOT an aspiring conservative with an open mind but who could be an asset to the cause with a little bit of steering in the right direction, you're making a conscious decision to sending them over to the RINO conversion shops - Hannity's or the Daily Mail forums in the UK - or worse, to left wing talkboards like Guardian Talk.

So since you're doing that already and it pleases you to do so, AND they do get advertising revenue, have you thought of charging them a commission for referrals?!

Well, you may be right about that. We typically ban abortionist/homosexual activists on their first post. We give long-term posters more leeway when they first come out of the RINO closet, but not much. We find that newbie abortionist/homosexualist/gun-grabbing/big spending/big taxing/open-borders RINO type activists rarely work out, so best just to exclude them right out of the gate and save both sides a lot of grief.

“Every time you ZOT an aspiring conservative with an open mind but who could be an asset to the cause with a little bit of steering in the right direction, you’re making a conscious decision to sending them over to the RINO conversion shops - Hannity’s or the Daily Mail forums in the UK - or worse, to left wing talkboards like Guardian Talk.”

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Two types of zots are at play here at Free Republic.

1. The troll who just signed up to post something stupid and inflammatory.

2. The suspension of a long time FReeper. I’ve seen more than a few zots of FReepers who have been around - many who’ve been around longer than I.

But I’ve NEVER seen a real FReeper get the zot who was not first counselled and warned. Maybe even ignored. But after much persistence on their part - they finally get their wish and are zotted.

I see Jim as a very tolerant man. One who puts up with a lot of liberal garbage on his site. But after a certain line is crossed ~~~~ ZOT!

I haven't been on FR long .... Every time you ZOT an aspiring conservative with an open mind but who could be an asset to the cause with a little bit of steering in the right direction, you're making a conscious decision to sending them over to the RINO conversion shops

Not having been on FR long, you wouldn't know that those that get zotted get zotted because they already have outed themselves in some way or form as being RINO or not conservative to begin with. jmo

I’ve never seen an aspiring conservative with an open mind get the zot on FR. Not that I’ve been personally present for each and every sot for the last 8 years.

If anything, I’ve seen zotworthy people last for a long, long time before they finally got the boot up the *** they richly deserved.

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