Posted on 05/03/2021 6:38:35 AM PDT by SamAdams76
Some folks here on Free Republic appear to be heavily into wanting to "make us barf" for some odd reason.
This is evidenced by the multitude of articles posted here that have "BARF" or "BARF ALERT" in parentheses after the title.
Apparently the poster is still perusing mainstream media sites - mainstream media that skews heavily to the Left and has an agenda to tag all patriotic conservatives as racists and insurrectionists who should be herded onto cattle cars and hauled off to re-education camps like they did in days of Stalin and Hitler.
So typically the poster comes across a particularly obnoxious article on one of these mainstream media sites that either contains totally fake news or perhaps an attack on our values and beliefs. The poster knows full well that it will only anger and inflame the rest of us here, who mostly are doing our very best to avoid that kind of stuff. However they have decided to bring it over here and subject us to it just the same.
By putting the "Barf Alert" at the end of the subject title, they apparently wish to insulate themselves, to proclaim to us that despite the fact that the article they are posting is going to make us want to projectile hurl our breakfast into the nearest toilet, that their motives are pure and that they just want to "keep us informed" on what the other side is saying.
Well you aren't doing us any favors!
We already know that the other side hates us. We already know that mainstream media is controlled by Leftists and that they are in cahoots with the establishment elite to help rig elections, sway opinions, destroy family values, erode the middle class and drag America into a socialist hell-hole in which they (the elite) will gain additional wealth and power over the rest of us.
So whenever we drag that kind of content over here, we are only helping the other side. We are validating them (as sources of news) and helping to give them power over us. The typical replies to these sort of threads is similarly depressing and chock full of "all is lost" and "system is rigged against us and there's no hope" and "I'm stockpiling bullets and canned sardines for the civil war that is sure to come."
Instead of ignoring them and taking positive action like building out our own platforms, our own media and organizing (like the Left does), we end up gnashing our teeth at all the things the "other side" is saying and wallowing in the negativity.
Speaking for myself, I don't come to Free Republic to get bummed out or to "barf" or to wallow in "all is lost" negativity.
I cut my cable years ago (and give some of the money I'm saving on it to Free Republic each month). I removed mainstream media from my life. And I'm much better for it. I'm a more positive person. I've kept my sense of humor (bizarre as it can be), and I'm physically and emotionally very healthy because I keep all that negativity out of my life.
I guess the only redeeming thing about "Barf Alerts" here is that it helps identifies the threads that are best avoided for my overall mental health (and to keep the nutritious food I just ate inside my body).
Alternatively, just include the [source] at the start or end of the post (e.g., “CNN” as a synonym for “Barf”)
Nailed it.
I never understand why some Freepers get upset at MSM news being posted here at Free Republic?
“Why’d you post this crap?”
And the only answer they get it “Why are you reading and responding to it? If you don’t like it - MOVE ON!”
I don’t read any posts with a barf warning or that has any msm as a source. I figure those posters are liberals pretending to be Freepers. We seem to have a lot of them the last several months, at least.
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So I take it that they only news you know about comes from blogs?
Trust me. Even some conservative blogs (Gateway) has as much disinformation as the MSM.
Read everything here at FR. And learn to discern.
Today is Complain About Free Republic Day apparently.
Fair enough, FRiend! I think we all get it w/o the tag. Post it only when a headline is nebulous or misleading.
I think the problem here is with “post and run” that fails to include in the first comment by the poster why the article is interesting or enlightening enough to read. Often a barf alert can be hilarious or at least a good cautionary tale but that may not be immediately evident.
Agree. I don’t have my head in the sand like another poster mentioned. I do read what the MSM says but not in FR. There are way too many closet liberals in here now. I read discussions about what MSM posts by reading posts in Gab and Telegram posted by people that are true conservatives. The difference is in how it’s posted. When these MSM articles are posted in here it’s like you said....just trying to stir the pot.
Mrs. shove-it has two Shelties, so I know what you’re barking about.
I have the same complaint about certain FReepers posting MSM content slot d time - but with one difference: I much appreciate the barf alert.
I wish FReepers would stop posting MSM garbage - just as I wish Hannity, etc.. would stop making me watch MSM video clips all the time. I watch what I watch in order to AVOID the lying Leftists - but I’m forced to watch CNN and MSNBC content on Fox!
Yes, I’ve heard the rationale a thousand times: we need to know what the enemy is saying, so that we are better prepared to resist it.
This is BS. This rationale assumes that the lies of the Left are some sort of actionable strategic intel. It’s not! It’s just propaganda aimed at those gullible enough to watch it.
They figure if a lie gets repeated enough, and enough people listen - some of it will stick. And they are right, which is why we should NOT listen.
But this rationale is exactly like saying we all need to keep up with the latest porn in order to know what our children might be exposed to. Right.
Unlike the OP though, I actually appreciate the Barf alert! I can’t stop FReepers from posting MSM garbage “to know what the enemy is planning” (LOL)...
But at least the barf alert tells me what I can skip. :-)
Keep those Barf alerts coming!
I'm not trying to avoid anything. For me, its a good way to see what the Fake news media is up to, without having to patronize their websites.
I get it, I take pains to not source from, and deny clicks on all Western Mainstream Media, if I can.
I think it the *Barf* tag serves 2 primary purposes:
1. For the Reader: It’s a warning. If you’re not in the mood to be annoyed don’t open it, just cruise on by.
2. For the Poster: Mr/Ms Poster are fired up, but would like to stimulate a discussion so that they can develop some ammunition/talking-points to use on their hopelessly liberal friends & co-workers.
Visiting DU for half a minute can tell you that without fouling our nest. LOL 😋 When I really want to know what the evil ones are up to I pop in over there and then go take a bath.
Well said. Nobody on FR is unaware of what the other side is saying about us. I don't want to give them the clicks. I'd rather focus positive energy on helping to grow our own platforms and media sites.
and I don’t know who needs to hear this, but please stop posting the whole page of drag queen story hour.
We know. NOBODY on FR is unaware. Thank you.
I agree with the know thy enemy sentiment. Sometimes it is just to point out what losers the left is.
Also good point about porn. I don't have to keep looking at it to remind myself how evil and bad for us it is.
I guarantee you they are watching US!.................
Nope, I don’t read blogs. My husband keeps the TV blasting MSM news all day. I also read posts In GAB and Telegram. I read and hear their so called news but I’m not going to read them in here because it feels like they are posted to stir the pot by FINO’s (Freepers In Name Only).
Have to agree with the sentiment. Not interested in the enemy propaganda. Would like to know what is being done to counter the enemy.
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