Now, that's not EXACTLY true....he does steal families! : )LOL!
Hey! Leave my Uncle Fester outta this. :^)
Posted on 02/11/2005 10:55:36 AM PST by Jim Robinson
The shot heard around the Internet has been fired on FreeRepublic.com The owner Jim Robinson and his moderators have launched a sniper style purge against members that disagree with the President’s ‘guest worker’ amnesty or support more control of illegal immigration. Free Republic is an amazing tool for those looking for a good debate and news from around the country.
The problem for the administration of the site is that their creation is allowing the participants to learn that the Bush immigration record and plans are shockingly out of line with the views of most conservatives. The management’s answer to this conflict between the majority of conservatives and the influence of the White House on their Web site has become electronic executions and censorship.
Members and readers of Free Republic would be surprised to know that many members of their community have fallen silent on the discussions about illegal immigration lately because free speech is an illusion on FR.com. They are silent because they have been banned from the Web site without warning, cause, or explanation in most cases. For weeks the moderators have been suspending and banning new members that chimed in quickly on the immigration debates.
Now this trend has broadened as the first groups of long-term users were suspended or banned this past week. Although Robinson and his staff removed many members of the Free Republic community in the first few days of the purge, those that religiously support President Bush’s immigration plan, open borders and approve of public benefits for illegal aliens remain on the forum. Those that were banned were the members that wanted more done to control illegal immigration and a strict observance to the President’s Oath of Office.
Thank you very much, ATB!
See 1092, please.
I always think it important to stand up when I'm being mistreated or maligned. But then sometimes, it's just not worth the bother given who is landing the assault and/or the type of assault. It's a walk-away time. Just not worth wasting my time on.
And yes, the hope is "self-regulating" grown-ups.
BUT OTOH, a posted "time-out" says plenty, all by itself. Definitely worth thinking about, PR.
>>STARGATE is on!
>>All other things come second.
Oh my, you sound like my brother and his wife. I made the mistake of calling them once during Stargate and was curtly informed of the current TV viewing situtation. LOL.
I'll go back to lurking now...
Now, that's not EXACTLY true....he does steal families! : )LOL!
Hey! Leave my Uncle Fester outta this. :^)
Or maybe the Viking Kitties intimidated their responses?
Last Friday night. If you want details, let me know.
I've been watching this thread for awhile. You just showing up? There's some silly stuff within and some arguing too....what's new....lol.
do you remember why tabor got banned?
I am calilurker And I just got whacked. What did I do?
isn't THAT telling???? I suppose I am next, but as earlier noted, I just have a passion for truth.
When I got home a while ago, I found I had a private FReepmail from one Cantankerous, trying to pull me into this fight. I've read his link and all the links that led me back to here. So now I guess I'm all caught up in what's been going on the last few days.
What a mess! The folks at Allipac.us sure twisting the truth to make you look like a big bad meany! They said B4Ranch and Nopardons got into it so you banned B4Ranch. No mention that you also banned Nopardons. But had they mentioned it, that would have made you look fair, and well, errrr... Their silly rant would look rather silly, eh?
They're calling you out over there! They even set up a special logon account for you. Are you going to go over and talk to them, LoL?
Were this article true, I suppose my tagline would be a blatant offense.
Just curious: why can't we post stuff from VDARE, rense.com, or ETHER ZONE?
Oh, man. So sorry to hear that about your friend. Horrible. :^(
Most of the older members have seen it, so it is not a big surprise to them.
It is indeed the rant of rants!
LOL! :^D
the conservative voice:
I found it several times while doing google for news...didn't agree with any of the stuff - it always starts out okay, but they sneak in some babble that makes you suspect that you've been hijacked to the DU...
I appreciate the freedom and fun we have here.
No thanks. Not going to waste my time with them.
I'd like everybody to take note that I neither posted to, about, for, or around this poster.
That's one you all can't blame on me. :-)
That's the danger of posting to a thread of over 1000 posts without scrolling through it first.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
