Even with the advantage of hindsight there really wasn't anything different we could have done. The influx of federal government agents that hit us in 2007, when this all began, shows pretty clearly that this was a government operation. Government fears and loathes what it can't control. Canadians are being attacked on two major fronts by our federal government, we are being spied on by our government and they have operatives using the courts to shutdown websites. They can't outlaw the internet but they can make people too afraid to speak their opinions online.
And it's working. When we first opened Free Dominion we had competitors who really wanted to take our place as the leading conservative forum in Canada. We fought long and hard to maintain our leadership but there were always people waiting in the wings to dethrone us. Now Free Dominion has been censored but nobody is stepping up to fill the void, Canadians are too afraid of their government to take the chance that they will be put through what we are enduring.
I once saw some old black and white footage of a battlefield that appeared to be in Africa. I have no idea who the combatants were or if there were good guys and bad guys. At the edge of the battle there were about 50 prisoners surrounded by their captors. The prisoners were sitting on the ground and if one of them spoke a word or even raised his eyes he was instantly and savagely beaten with rifle butts. It didn't take long before all the captives knew what not to do and soon the beating became unnecessary.
This is what our government is trying to do to Canadians, make us so afraid that we will not speak out. Like the captives in the footage, most of us are learning pretty quickly to stay silent.
I guess Connie and I are just slow learners.
I guess Connie and I are just slow learners.
***I would say vehemently that such is not the case. You and Connie have demonstrated tremendous courage in defending True Liberty, Free Speech, and the Right Vision that Canadians have of themselves. Let alone your defense of conservatism.
What you and your country need now, desperately, is prayer. I will be praying for you.
The influx of federal government agents that hit us in 2007, when this all began, shows pretty clearly that this was a government operation.
***Free Republic has probably had similar influxes. First in 2000, from republicans who were simply not conservative (CINOs). Then in 2007-2009 from Democrat/Obama operatives. We are next.
Please consider one of my longstanding proposals, the FR VOLUNTARY ideology matrix. Would such a thing have saved FD?
From my home page...
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I would like to see a VOLUNTARY idealogy litmus matrix here on Free Republic, but when I proposed it to Jimrob, he called me a newbie.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395256/replies?c=6
To: babygene I don’t think he’s all that interested.
To: MHGinTN It doesn’t matter what a FReeper thinks. It’s just a list that they tell us what they think. That way we can tell who we’re dealing with.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2145065/posts?page=130#130
To: Jim Robinson Hah hah, that’s great. I signed up 2 months after you and I’m a newbie. Back then no one even said, “Welcome to FR”. But yeah, I do think that there are tons of RINOs. To be more accurate, the term would be CINOs.
I’ve been pushing for an idealogical litmus matrix here on FR, not to get rid of RINOs but to expose them.
THE GOP DOESN’T WANT US- SO WHAT’S NEXT?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965735/posts?page=762#762
***It simply takes too long. Look at this thread alone. I see evidence of RINOism in some of the FReepers on this thread. It takes 700 posts to drill down. We need the matrix posted and available so that we don’t have to drill down on every FReeping thread. They’re wasting our time. Deliberately.
Agreed to a large degree. Perhaps a way to rate members by other members???
762 posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:43:23 PM by roamer_1
130 posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 2:39:20 PM by Kevmo (Palin/Hunter 2012)
49 posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 7:29:27 PM by Kevmo ( It’s all over for this Country as a Constitutional Republic. ~Leo Donofrio, 12/14/08)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies] 48 posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:25:08 PM by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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That is the phrase that Warman coined when he was speaking to a group of Anti-Racist Action...er...people.
He outlines his strategy for fighting "Nazis" (a term he seems to apply to people somewhat indiscriminately).
Here is a link to a copy of that speech for your reading enjoyment. It is probably the only copy left on the internet as he has made copyright claims against everyone who has posted it so they take it down. (You'll see why).
That speech is one of the things he sued us for copyright over in the case he lost and appealed. That is going back to court next week.