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.
How dare you post funny kitty pictures as sport! You are not nice! Wwwwwaaaaahhhhhhhh.
Hi, kiddo! How are the little grey guys doing?
Have you got your DVD airlift to Mosul in the mail yet? If not, be sure to get a return receipt as well as insurance.
I've been busy with doctors and tests, but hope to make it to the post office tomorrow.
Meanwhile, take care.
Jim, we all know that you are objective. And we know that those who get ZOTTED are quite deserving of it. A personal attack is a personal attack and should be dealt with accordingly. I am one that actually supports the President's plan, and I have read numerous logically articulated and well presented objections to it on this site. So, keep up the good work Jim and Co., and thanks for the site.
I can understand the rest of us, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what bmwcyle did to this guy to make him lumped in with the rest of us.
As long as I've been here, bmwcyle has hardly said a cross word to anybody.
And don't you forget it. :-)
I am really the power behind Howlin'. And you just pi$$ed me off. Now go away.
None that I know of; you wanna be the first?
I don't know what the story is, maybe you are friends with the moderators
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Ouch. That seems like a low blow to me. If you have some kind of evidence, please present it. Otherwise, this kind of speculation is unfair.
when the heck has Meeky been a flamer? now, YOU, howlin, irked the crap outta me back in the Elian day, but meeky has always been sweetness and light ; )
He left me out...I guess he doesn't like ducks?
My status has been elevated from pinger of the Viking Kitties to Indoctrinated Flying monkey! hahaha!
You ought to design and award for yourself!
Your tagline is pathetic, too. If you don't like this place, who in the hell is keeping you here?
Now now.....don't take their main rant away. It's their reason for existing.
And when you two meet up in Heaven (as you will both undoubtedly go there despite your ungovernable mouths), what will you say to each other?
*Sorry?*
Joe got booted? Also, I remember that exchange you had with that one poster who had a problem with Alicia Keys singing before the Super Bowl. That was some character.
He says as he disappears into the sunset in a blazing cloud of chicken feathers.....
Your view is one that I don't understand. I never heard the administration talk about opening our borders. What he is proposing is allowing the illegals who are currently living in this country on a permanent basis to receive a green card and start paying taxes and social security. When will the far right wake up and see that this is actually a win win situation due to the increased revenue and how it could make it easier to root out the really bad guys who are here to harm us. So, again, tell me where in the administration's plan does it say we are going to open our borders? I just haven't seen or heard it.
after you blow hard rant i find it funny that your tag was the only thing of interest.Oh, man. I missed the tagline!:
(How does Karl Rove's a** taste, Jim?)
What a poo-poo head.
-- Indoctrinated Flying Monkey
LOL
You'll definitely be reading it, creep. The point of the opus is to get off on all the intense attention. Enjoy it while it lasts, you are soon forgotten.
One flush does it.
Isn't Stormfront that white supremisist crap site ?
Good on ya jim keep up the noble work you do this country proud by keeping that trash off of FR.
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