What is Going on at Free Republic (Vanity)

Me | 10/16/2004 | me

[ShandaLear]

In the past few weeks we've been inundated with a mass of conspiracy theories, hand-wringing doom sayers, and vanity after vanity.

It's getting more and more discouraging to read here which I suppose is what a lot of these posters are attempting to accomplish.

[Lady Jag]

[Rebelbase]

Mr. Peabody's wayback maching helped.

[rennatdm]

I welcome BS to FreeRepublic... Our chance to play with imbeciles. Another plus is that we are ever honing our dissemination skills. The DUers want the kool-aid and prefer to live in their bubble. You can't even log on there if you have a free E-mail acct.. So I can browse their site (mostly for laughs) but have no input. We get all perspectives here at free republic but be aware... idiots are not well received and total horse$hit will get zotted. I've been set straight more than a few times...it is almost never personal. P.S. If you can't take the heat, and you too love the kool-aid, maybe it's best you leave the kitchen.

[ShandaLear]

Attack? LOL! My post was hardly an attack.

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

From post: "Our chance to play with imbeciles. "

Idiots - ?

kitchen - ? Now that is some kind of mentality -


I just hope that God helps those who need it the most - and I believe he already knows certain names - and will act accordingly -

Let the one without sin cast the first stone -

[rennatdm]

Seems we pelt each other all the time...

[rennatdm]

Dialogue... Its great isn't it!

[Condor51]

I didn't mean to B&&Ch - but it's almost epidemic of late. You go looking for "news" and keep clicking on Vanities, that gets tiresome.

And where does the guy put this Vanity - where he's complaining ABOUT Vanities - "NEWS". (head shaking)

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

Your original post:

"In the past few weeks we've been inundated with a mass of conspiracy theories, hand-wringing doom sayers, and vanity after vanity."

"It's getting more and more discouraging to read here which I suppose is what a lot of these posters are attempting to accomplish."

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I posted and you LOL-d it off

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Ignor the questions - another tactic - ?

You put it all down to one word - ?


Oh, please - - Give us humble ones your "thoughts" so that others will know not to "displease" -

What was your reason - explain it - so that others might learn "not" to make the "same" mistake - wasn't that what you wanted - ?

Did I read the complaint wrong - ? Too many conspiracies and doom and gloom posts wasn't it - Well, point out the error of the way -

If you expect all post to be upbeat or happy ones - I have to ask - How can that be - with the world around us going crazy - ? And when does a conspiracy stop being a conspiracy - when exactly is that "moment" in time - what does it take to go from conspiracy to a "real possibility" - ? Please impart your wisdom so that others might learn -

And might there be a slight hint of paranoia on your part -

"a mental disorder characterized by delusions, as of grandeur -" -

I ask because of your line - "It's getting more and more discouraging to read here which I suppose is what a lot of these posters are attempting to accomplish."

Wondering -

[Tax Government]

Does anyone know when a California voter should expect to receive an absentee balot by mail? Thanks.

[ShandaLear]

Calm down, okay? I was simply voicing a concern I have had for a few weeks now. Many of the comments have explained to me in a very nice way that what I am seeing and sensing is normal for this forum during election time.

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

Okay - at this point I just have to ask - "a stupid question" -

Does one wear their pajamas in the kitchen also - or just when one is here at the board posting post to anger the "old" posters (as some seem to imply) ? Inquiring minds want to know :)

I feel bad for the one wife of a soldier serving this nation - who read this thread (and probably all the others of the like) and now is left doubting if this is the right place for her -

I just wish they would "explain" what it is they are getting at - and name names and threads - as an example instead of making all these "blanket attacks" -

just my thoughts - I mean if you weren't here at the start to know how it "was" - well then you aren't going to understand when an attack is made unless they explain what exactly the difference is -

Just a few good examples - because I read the guidelines - and if you ask me - everyone isn't going by them - not just the new people -

So, it seems to us new ones that we are being called out as the problem - and I'm wondering if that should be. If it is so - then "show" us the error of our ways - because not all of us are trolls or are coming here to disrupt -

Is it so wrong to want to add thoughts - to try to solve issues that are tearing this nation apart - - to get other ideas to add - in hopes of turning things around -

Dialogue: "interchange of ideas by "open discussion" - "

Wouldn't it be nice -

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

I'm just trying to say - I was here once before - and it was for the same reason - I was alarmed at what I was seeing and hearing -

The Clinton years - turned my world upside down but no one seemed to think the same way until I looked around and eventually found this place. I didn't stay after the "scum" won(meaning Clinton wasn't removed) because back then it was even less friendly than it is today -

The intellect here is amazing at times and I have often wondered if this place was set up for only professional people - and when I see posts like your post - it makes me wonder even more - am I at the wrong place since I am just a citizen of this country, nothing more or less -

I have a close relative in the Guard and it's a lot more personal now than then - (family wise) - and the stakes are "much" higher after "Clinton" - he did enough harm to this nation and another like him trying to get in is downright unacceptable - to put it mildly -

I need to know what is going on "behind" the news we get from the major media(or I'll go totally bonkers) and this is the best place for that - but if this is a place set up for professionals to bring issues and discuss them - then I will gladly look around or just read from here on out - I don't want to do anything to take away the value of what is gotten here -

Thanks -

[ShandaLear]

I understand. I read here for a long time before I joined and I didn't post for a long time after I joined. I rarely post articles for content. I felt like I was a bit out of my league at first. But if something strikes my fancy, I will post and I love to participate in the live threads. They are a ton of fun. Also appreciate them when I'm at work and need to know how a certain speech is going, etc.

[rennatdm]

I absolutely love this site. The dialogue that we are engaging in, right now... as I post, is exactly why. I too am new. And, yes, my pj's are worn 24/7. My posts usually reflect my point "and" the stirred emotions of my convictions. I sometimes engage in diatribes, cliches, etc., to reflect my point. I do not apologize for this. Nor do I ask anyone else to. I stand by my post that you originally responded to (posted to "all", by the way) and I also stand by your right to be critical. It is the "nature of this beast" called FreeREpublic. Dialogue ain't always gotta be nice, dialogue has just gotta "be".

[meeps]

If you watch any of the MSM, that is what is depressing. I think people need a place to vent and feel better. I come here everytime I become concerned about the election. I always go away feeling better. I think that is what the FreeRepublic is for.

[ArmedNReady]

I am not concerned that Bush will get enough votes from real people to win the election. My concern is this effort by the Democrats to make this a fraudulent election one way or another. The Democrats are taking the election process down a dangerous road.

[JessieHelmsJr]

Since i found this place it has been so sweet.Hell I can just stay on here for hours. Used to cruise all the conservative sites and get bored but this is Home !