This is too damn funny!
Posted on 08/21/2005 2:45:32 PM PDT by dukeman
The DUers are starting to cut through the fog and ponder reality:
liberalismresurgent (92 posts) Sun Aug-21-05 03:58 PM
Original message
Why do more people visit Freerepublic than DU?
My analysis:
They are a right wingers, pure and passionate ones at it. The more right wing a matter is, the more they embrace it and support it. They are a cohesive whole.
We are not.
Opinions please.
JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
1. It is a whole lot easier to hate, than to love and respect humanity
zippy890 (880 posts)
Response to Reply #1
39. they are a cohesive hole
[I thought these first two replies just went well together!]
roguevalley (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
3. some people need to hear themselves echoed back. this is true because any dissent is deleted immediately. they are self perpetuating delusional. its easier for some people to be told what to think than to actually think for themselves. thinking for yourselves means to be critical and seeking. lots of people also hit and run, logging in off and on all day long.
yeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts)
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4. How do you know this ?
Do you have a way of counting FR's hits, or are you relying on a counter on their site, etc? Personally, I wouldn't trust a thing any of those people would say about their traffic.
And I know a few DUers who are brave enough to visit from time to time, so you can't say everyone who visits is a passionate right winger.
As for cohesive whole, that is an illusion, and one that they try to maintain via smoke and mirrors. The media hypes their cause, and always seems to make their numbers and clout seem greater than they really are.
llflem (1000+ posts)
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5. The extreme right-wing in this country is a lot like ants.
If something is a potential threat to the rest of the hive, they go out and attack. They may not even know why or what they're attacking, they just follow the rest of the hive because it's instinct to follow everyone else.
[Yes, genius, we all live in an ant "hive."]
Kagemusha (1000+ posts)
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7. FR was big before DU was. That's part of it. Things get bigger with age on the Net, generally.
I was on FR ages ago when there was still such a thing as an agnostic economic conservative. (well, not that the economic conservatism stood up to time as I learned more about economics, but it wasn't all "intelligent falling" all the time, to use the latest terminology)
Rebellious Republican (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
9. Here is a better question.... Who gives a big fat hairy rats ass?
Lori Price CLG (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
10. They don't whine & censor strong posts which represent the 'hard right...'
Over at DU, the subtle infiltrators and trolls are allowed to post unmolested and control the 'tone' of the board (constantly moving DU to the 'middle,') while those (of us) on the Left (and/or 'hard Left') are constantly scrutinized, for fear of offending the moderates.
To wit: a post of mine was removed by the mods in the fall of 2004 for calling Joe Lieberman 'Joe LieberBush.' Freerepublic.com would not have censored a member for a similar comment about a 'moderate' Republican.
Freerepublic.com immediately removes/bans people who infiltrate their group. Hence, their members can enjoy reading and posting on their board.
BTW, just to clarify, I am an opponent of the Reichwing - I do not support freerepublic.com's viewpoints/beliefs.
Lori Price
[!#@*#!@ Freeper troll!]
crispini (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #10
13. Wow, nice!
Implying that all moderate Dems are subtle infiltrators and trolls! Good job!
Lori Price CLG (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #13
22. NO, no, no. Not what I meant. I meant, the tone of this board should...
be defined as 'hard Left' as the 'other side' is allowed to go 'full court press' with their views/tactics. That is why they (unfortunately) remain in power.
Lori
tx_dem41 (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #10
20. You don't support them.....
you just want to be like them. Got it.
evermind (578 posts)
Response to Original message
21. The Left always factionalises more than the Right - probably because the Left is more interested in integrity and truth, whereas the Right is more focussed on winning at any cost (and mutual reinforcement of delusional belief systems ) imho.
porphyrian (1000+ posts)
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26. Because half the DUers spend their time over there. I don't understand it, but they do. I guess it likens to the appeal of American Idol and other mindless forms of substandard entertainment.
Catholic Sensation (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
27. Probably because Free Republic:
has more registered and active members
is mentioned frequently by Limbaugh, Hannity, and other right wing media personalities with vast audiences
and has been around much longer than DU I believe.
liberalismresurgent (92 posts)
Response to Reply #27
32. We advertise the freepers a lot too The number of posts containing the word "Freeper" in the title is alarming.
We are constantly referring to them. Maybe it is time to tone down that habit.
[Shhhhhh! You'll wake the others.]
Catholic Sensation (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #32
36. yeah that will never happen
for some reason some people on this board care what free republic, "that other site", and other places think about them or democratic underground. There's too much vanity among some people here for toning down linking to FR, "the other site", etc. to ever happen.
laureloak (142 posts)
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34. They need more instructions on what to say than DUers?
mbee (808 posts)
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44. Don't personally visit there, but some of the posts I've seen listed
here seem to indicate that most of the activity on there is not at all intellectual. Their purpose appears to be to either bash the Clintons, Gore, Kerry or bully anyone who doesn't accept on faith the neocon plans for our country. Mostly the postings usually have many mispelled words and it is obvious a lot of the people do not read or try to become informed.
proud2Blib (1000+ posts)
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50. There is a majority of stupid people in the US I can't honestly think of another reason.
Maybe koolaid in the drinking fountains?
[See JohnnyBoots' post above re "loving and respecting humanity."]
Veganistan (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
61. Oh, I think it's because of their attractive interface and the abundance of thought provoking and original ideas that spring forth
Honestly? Being a part of DU is a lot more work. You have to consider different sides of the issues and do some serious thinking for yourself here. Not real high on either their list of available skills or priorities. FreakRepublic is easy. It's the sound of one hand clapping in a echo chamber. Listen to your AM radio, log on and repeat. Continue until you ARE the kool-aid. Continue until zombie Jesus tells you what to do next.
This is too damn funny!
We're a cohesive whole? ..lol. Evidently that DUmmy hasn't spent much time lurking over here.
It must be the irresistable appeal of my quick wit and elegant charm.
I have a friend who is a loyal and liberal democrat. He signed up in DU. In one thread he disagreed with the thread and got banned. :)
The funny part is, a week later, the democats including Carville began saying the same thing my friend posted and it became the "phrase of the week".
The DU eats their own. That's a good thing :)
That view dovetails nicely with their belief that the majority of Americans are just too dumb to function at the level of liberal Dems. The problem is, they just can't keep their mouths shut about it. One day I'll combine about three or four DU threads I've bookmarked into a monster post here which shows their disdaim for America. It simply oozes from their pores.
ooooooohhhhh ... it's sooo scary here at the FR!
Yeah, that's the reason. Couldn't be because more people agree with us than you? Nah ... that's too far fetched.
Here's why Freerepublic is so big and the DU so irrevelent. If Freerepublic was as quick to ban or censure posters as the DU. I'd have been banned long ago when I posted about how I do not support Bush's Illegal Alien Plan or when I have complained that we are not giving all we could to fight this war on terror due to PC.
Because Freerepublic allows those who have opposite opinions, we are able to excercise and sharpen our arguements for whatever we believe just like is done on AM Radio.
The DU...they are not heavywieghts because they never allow themselves to get involved with challenging dissagreements. They deny themselves the exercise needed to sharpen their political points so when they go on a Hannity & Colmes or call into an AM Talk radio station their weak arguments get blown apart almost instantly.
hehehe, they can't get enough of us!
Your friend's story reminds me of the experience of an Italian woman (screenname Hudobna) who registered here after the election. She writes very lyrically. Just check some her posts. Anyway, I saw on DU where she was asking questions and debating some points. They immediately swarmed her like gnats. They accused her of being a freeper, to which she said "What's a freeper?" Zingo! That's all the proof they needed. She ended up here and found it much friendlier.
5. The extreme right-wing in this country is a lot like ants.
I challenge anyone on DU to prove there is more "diversity" over there. Where are the Pro-Iraq DUers???? We got clique of Anti-Iraq Freepers. Where are the DU Free Traders? Drill in Anwar DU's, Pro-Military? Pro Death Penalty, Pro-Gun Rights? Anti-Abortion Du's? Pro I.D., Pro Patriot act? Pro Bush DUs?. Free Republic has people who argue passionately on either side of those issues. DU is all monochrome Face it DU your an clique of emotional needy, intellectually bankrupt political bigots who are incapable of any growth of thought patterns.
Heck we're one big tolerant hole over here. We even leave the Zot threads up as monuments to the DUmmies intellect.
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