Initially thinking like so many he had jumped the shark, we were wary. But after reading (and joining - used to be txzman here but can't seem to get my account back - my Dad was Karla (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy reference) - we were all hooked.
I have ALWAYS come back here reading for background information and always wanted to read the comments more than the news I already knew to judge the water around America.
I know what a 'zot' is, how quickly one gets judged anymore but hear my out. I am 62 now, history guy, lived in Bangkok 68-72 while Vietnam was being bombed (Utapao, Udorn anyone) and am writing this now while in Saigon.
Long start - but I am really concerned about the rigid, dismissing, and really outright dumb comments that I know (with late twenties kids) that will stop new, young people from coming here as my father brought me.
My conservative 28 year old daughter - working since 15 and graduating with a degree on her own - was very disappointed visiting here after I sent her many links (which she agrees with!) but hated what she saw as a lack of opinion or caring for other thoughts.
Would hate to see Jim's site fail to keep attracting new, young conservatives. I started a new account after trying unsuccessfully to resurrect my old txzman. I hope this is taken as positive feedback.
Neat trick, that. 😀
Personally I think never-Trumpers and Cruz’tards get what they deserve.
Just ignore those who disturb your sensibilities cause I doubt much will change, And yep this is a pro president Trump place, pretty much everywhere else on Internet bashes Trump.
Let us leave aside that this website was never active during any Bill Clinton election.
Let me axe you a qestion: When did your father serve?
But the most amazing thing that I found on this website was the outrageous humor that filled every nook and cranny of the threads. Probably with the exception of threads created on or shortly after 911, there hasn't been one thread that I've come across that didn't contain at least one response that eased the tension of the article or the readers' responses with humor .. some of it bizarre, some of it laugh-out-loud, but all of it something that I found comforting, leading me to call this place home.
I patterned my usage to FR primarily on the gold-standard of comedians I found here: Dighton, L,TOWM, Sauropod, Pookie18, Lazamataz, and others whose names I have forgotten as they passed through FR. There have been far too many times where, when everything seemed doom-and-despair in the world, the only place I could find solace and restoration was FR.
Sure, the edges have become a little sharper around here .. heck, they've become like razor-wire outside of the confines of FR. We've all become a little bit more jaded and tired of the political correctness that surrounds us, everywhere but here, and, even here, opinions have become more pointed. But that's life .. at least, life as it should be; and life is worth living here at FreeRepublic.
“My now dead Viet Nam era Dad (Naval Academy, OSI, anti-espionage) turned me and my brothers on to this website before the Bill Clinton election”
What year did freerepublic start?
One thing I learned long ago: when a woman dislikes something on generalizations (particularly something prior experience tells you they *should* like)...there’s a hidden “term” in the “equation.”
You’re talking about Ted Cruz haters and Never Trumpers.
That combination has made this place nasty.
Good folks from both camps and some idolatry in thinking one man or another will be a perfect leader
There is no such thing but, there are leaders that seem to show Gods soverignty by furthering his promises in these times though.
Heads up is all I have left to say.
You hurt your credibility immensely by posting this the day you sign up.
Even if you did have a previous screen name.