sorry, but that was a weasly response.
I agree with all the positives you mentioned about the Freep website..In many ways, it is the best site in terms of structure, coverage, etc.
“temper remarks..good manners”...this site has some of the most obscene and at times viscious comments. Some are then removed, but plenty stays. And often that’s the heat of discussion.
So, discussion re Romney is limited, very limited...very interesting seeing how he is the only candidate, like him or not, that we have against obama, its a pure waste of time to attack someone IF they are having a discussion about Romney and saying what the negatives and Positives are. That IS the election we have this year, like it or not.
And who and HOW do you determine what is “tempered remarks”?
Good manners is one thing, civility is another important point.But to add that to say arguments about Romney means if its anything positive about him its “poor manners”, but anything negative ( which is perfectly legitimate too) is “good manners.”
Ah....lookit, I don’t determine tempered remarks. I do know, for example, that starting a thread with a title “Conservatives who refuse to vote for Romney will be responsible for the destruction of our country”, then fill it with an attack on those who refuse to vote for Romney, calling the names, stupid, pigs, rotton....well i’d call that an untempered comment.
Get a grip here please. It’s your right to consider my response weasly but I stand by it.
I concede good manners might be a bit much but I do NOT own this web site, neither do you. The owner of the web site does not like Romney.
You know the owner of a house doesn’t want you smoking inside, you still smoke?
What’s to be gained by constantly taunting the web site owner with remarks that you know will just make him mad? If you resent the stricture, the Internet’s a big place.
Do not even think of calling me crushed by fear of FR web site owner. Should I ever feel that I am restricted by site owner’s limitations I will be out of here. That has not happened to me yet but I don’t feel like I haven’t had the freedom to say my piece.
This site has vicious and obscene comments? Who knew!
I think people who insist on climbing on a rickety soap box on FreeRepublic and declare those who dislike Romney to be dolts, destroyers of the Republic, to be really stupid. Why do this on a forum where you know the site owner is rabidly anti-Romney?
Sorry, seems silly to me.
I know that Romney friendly comments are not all that welcome around here but we know that now, don’t we?
You may have the last word on this. I stand by my first weasly response.