Posted on 03/16/2003 4:34:13 PM PST by Chapita
Well folks,the time has come for me to take a permanent vacation from FR. I am asking JR to close out my account,but try to make sure that nobody else can ever use my screen name. I'm not leaving in a huff at JR or the web site like most people do,even though there is plenty here to be "huffed" about. I'm leaving because Ali Bubba Bush will soon be starting his war in Iraq,and I don't want to be posting to FR when the body bags start coming back home,or when Hussein lights off all the oil fields in Iraq and tries to attack Israel.
While it is true there is no shortage of fools and idiots in the Bush-Bot League,there are also sincere people there who mean well,but just haven't taken the time to think things through. They just automatically assume that any president with a "R" behind his name is a conservative,and has the best interests of the country in mind at all times. It has never occurred to them that an alleged Republican president would "play" politics or "play" the polls in a manner that would put our service members at unnecessary risk.
There are also good people on FR who support Ali Bubba and his accidental war because they have loved ones in the military,and they see supporting the president as being the same thing as supporting the troops. This flat ain't so (they didn't support Bubba-1 or LBJ),but they mean well,and they are grasping at any straw that comes their way. I understand their fears and symphatize with them. I may well have the same reaction if I had a child in the army or USMC that was deployed to the Middle East or in Korea.
I have zero desire to cause any harm or worry to either of these groups. On the other hand,there are a group of people here that are too bleeping stupid to live,and I honestly have to wonder how they managed to live to become adults without walking out in front of a bus. As an example,one of these rocket scientists called me a "nazi" today because I am opposed to this war. Seriously. He actually said that "only a Nazi or an Islamism would be opposed to this war." After all,isn't it a well-known fact that the Nazi's didn't believe in war and invading sovereign countries? Another one SERIOUSLY wrote that we should bomb and invade all the European countries that don't support us in this war! What is even scarier is that I am the only one I saw that called these people on this nonsense. I could sorta deal with these cretins when they were a minority voice here,but it's got to the point where they are almost mainstream FR posters. In fact,I just got suspended again today for calling the idiot who called me a Nazi stupid,so it seems like the moderators don't see anything wrong with calling somebody against the war a "Nazi",but don't dare call the drooler who uttered this insanity "stupid"! The ironic part about this is that I had already posted to several posters that my response to them would probably be my last one because I was leaving FR. This right here shows you how much attention the moderators really pay to the back and forth between two posters. Basically,it's gotten to the point here where it's "Bush-Bot=good,anti-war=bad!"
And the above only touches on the surface. We have people here applauding every single step Ali Bubba-2 Bush has taken down the road to the coming police state,and they would be screaming "revolution!" if it had been Bubba-1 or Gore doing the very same things. Why it has gotten unpopular on FR to point out hyprocisy is a question better answered by JR and the moderators than me,but FR is in danger of becoming the Dim-Lite flipside of DU.
The reason I am asking to have my account killed is because the "rah,rah,rah,we gonna kill us some A-Rabs and godless Muslims!" pack of fools seem to have taken over,and it's pointless to debate an empty mind. There is also the fact that any such debate is bound to include words and phrases that would be harmful to the good people here with loved ones at risk,and I won't do that. It's just not worth it.
I am asking Chapita to post this for me because the moderator suspended me before I could "resign". I hope those of you on the thread I started today about Flesh Eating Bacteria tell the others there why I don't respond to their posts,and I hope that those of you who have loved ones involved in this war get to welcome them home safe and sound. The purpose of this post/thread is to say "good-bye" to the good people here,and to let people know why I won't be answering any posts they make to me. I have always tried to answer each post to me,friendly or hostile,and I would hate for anyone to think I was ignoring them.
Folks,while it has been frustrating as hell at times,it has also been fun,and I have "met" some very nice people here. It's time for me to move on. I wish (most) of you well.
Sneakypete
FINI
LOL!
In case you're not aware of it. I guess this guy named "Ash" use to run around the forum and just absolutely give FReepers fits. So they started "Ash alerts" and all manner of things.
The whole thing just sounded like a world class pissing match to me. Even so, I am sorry I missed it. :(
I'm leaving because Ali Bubba Bush will soon be starting his war in Iraq,and I don't want to be posting to FR when the body bags start coming back home,or when Hussein lights off all the oil fields in Iraq and tries to attack Israel.
Sneakypete, the world will little note, nor long remember, what you ever wrote here.
Now go find some tinfoil and be a good boy.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
The entire forum would have been suspended by now, including the Bush-bots that he obviously detests. Very few here have had no disagreement with Bush over something at some time.
I was not watching what happened to trigger the suspension, but I don't really care. The reason you offered is malarkey.
Opuses such as sneakypete's and OWK's are emblematic of FReepers who have much too high an opinion of themselves and are unable to cope with the thought that other FReepers might not consider them demigods.
In these instances, the Opus is a survival mechanism for a bruised and swollen ego. Nothing more.
But no need in posting anything to me that you expect a response; I am gone too, on my own volition!
So this is a two for one Bye Bye.
I'd say that I'd miss him and that I wish him well, but then I'd be lying. I don't like lying.
Then you obviously need a new screen name because you're letting us down. < /sarcasm> You need to be irrational, call everyone else names and then leave in a huff while claiming you're too superior to leave in a huff and disparaging the IQ of all the other posters. That's what contrarians do. The whole point of being in any group for them is to infer their superiority by insulting the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with them. Sneaky's is the classic "up yours, you idiots" opus.
Take some notes. This how the pros do it.
Based on the new direction of Free Republic and the loss of many respected and valuable posters here, I feel that I have no choice but to cease posting. I will now explain the 4,752 reasons why I can no longer support this website and... err, wait... I'm not quitting... ooops!
Nevermind...
Been there, done that, on more than one topic. Be big enough to suck it up. You can't acquit the cretins, but you can acquit the website and acquit yourself by speaking out. Or you can just quit and surrender the field to them.
But understand this: when you quit, it's not just FreeRepublic you are surrendering to the cretins, but all of public opinion. If you're going to fight the lonely, good fight, you have to fight it somewhere, right? If you go where everyone agrees with you, that's the same thing as not fighting. You have to engage the enemy.
By refusing to debate, you ratify the conventional wisdom that Patriots are for the war and pinkos are against it. But I do understand: non-conformity is a tough road.
Take care, pal. You WILL be missed. And thank you sincerely for your service.
Bull$#!t!!! He said himself he was busted for calling another poster an idiot!
But no need in posting anything to me that you expect a response
Of course not! Lie and run! Lie and run! Lie and run!
Leave it to you to find the silver lining in the sneakster's cloudy departure.
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