The purpose of a vanity post as I see is to cut through the biased media with new perspective.
That’s what I do with my vanities.
Look at the news a new way.
Post news articles and commenting is fine I do that too, but those news articles are from biased MSM and RINOSM media.
Breaking News is cluttered with a lot of political propaganda-spin, much of it pro-Donald Trump.
I think the occupation protest in Oregon was worthy of Breaking News treatment when it started, but it was taken down quickly on Saturday January 2nd.
In general stories about Oregon even when posted from MSM sources quickly have topics like “front page news” removed also in this forum.
You should post them in chat, where they belong.
I respectfully disagree.
I think that is the function of the comments.
Your views may not be my views. I do not “need” anyone else to post a vanity to explain the news to me. As I wrote, I say this as a general point of discussion—not as a personal attack.
I am OK with rants. I just like to know that is what I am reading. Look at the messes that come up when someone posts from a blog. It can get brutal.
Free Republic used to be one of the best, most diverse, news aggregator sites on the Internet. It is not that anymore if we have to wade through five vanities about how “you” felt about the debate. (Again, I use “you” as a general term, not specifically you.)
I know there are people who disagree with me. That’s fine. I can be somewhat irritating at times. I have thick skin.