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JimRob's Imperious Pronouncement (Vanity)
Friday, May 21, 2011 | Dr. Zzyzx

Posted on 05/27/2011 10:36:25 AM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx

Freeper Friends,

I was saddened by JimRob's imperious pronouncement yesterday, and the ensuing comments & zots. Here's why. One of this site's primary pillars is the Bill of Rights which calls for Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Right to a trial by jury. We believe in those things. We believe in them to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them. And yet on this site, when a JimRob cuts people off for what they say or believe Freepers cheer him like Baghdad Bob would cheer Saddam Hussein! That's not America folks!

"He owns the site!" you say. Tell that to Steven Jobs who got dumped a few years ago from the company he started because he created an IPO to get financial support from others. Once JimRob started taking YOUR money, it became YOUR site. YOU provide the content, YOU provide the financing. Without YOU, Jim would be a lonely guy staring at a monitor in his den.

How can we say we want freedoms out one side of our mouths, and stand by and cheer as Jim zots dissenters in a way that would make medieval Europe's most dictatorial tyrants proud?

John Stuart Mill had the right approach--let all the ideas fight it out in the arena. If they're foolish ideas, they will eventually be seen as such. We don't have anything to fear from hearing someone else's point of view.

Now. In case you're wondering:

My membership date is actually one and a half years earlier than the November 1999 date shown. (Had to re-enlist because of computer and email trouble)

I was raised in Arizona but live in Utah. I fly the Arizona flag on my profile because I'm proud of their stance on immigration.

I’ve told anyone that will listen that I think Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are shifty weasels.

I served on the city council and as the mayor of my community.

I played a part in the grassroots effort to throw Bob Bennett out of office, and hope soon to do the same to Orrin Hatch.

I waged a pitched battle in the newspapers and amongst my fellow teachers against the president, officers, and organization of the Utah Education Association, an arm of the NEA.

I became disenchanted with the Republican party after some of the things George Bush (though I admire his courage and determination) did that I felt were harmful to the financial well-being of America.

In other words, I'm not a newbie troll. I just have a genuine concern with how members are treated here, and you should too.

To save you the electrons of posting replies, I'll post them for you:

Jim owns the site, he can do what he wants.

ZOT!

Put on your asbestos suit.

Put on your tin foil hat.

Viking Kitties!

Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya!

A cheese-eating moose bit my sister.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: buhbye; freelazamataz; ibtz; opus; waaambulancer; zot
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

“All your basis belong to us”. LOL


81 posted on 05/27/2011 11:18:00 AM PDT by fish hawk
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To: Cyber Liberty

It appears so. How often does he get the zot? Sheesh.


82 posted on 05/27/2011 11:20:10 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Elendur; ejonesie22; Diogenesis; Jim Robinson
That said, i DO wish, that people here, would not be vicious in attacking the supporters of Romney, etc.

You obviously missed all the fun in '08 when the Romney supporters were on every thread trashing anyone who disagreed with them on his being the Messiah and especially trashing in the most obscene way, Fred Thompson's wife.

83 posted on 05/27/2011 11:20:54 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Why do people try to "out-nice" Jesus?)
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To: Rebelbase
The whole sign-on date, “I’ve been here a day longer than you have” is sophomoric crap.

Get over it, newbie. ;)

84 posted on 05/27/2011 11:21:53 AM PDT by kevkrom (Palin's detractors now resort to "nobody believes she can win because nobody believes she can win")
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To: Jim Robinson

Seriously? You’re all wrapped around the axle because JR put the Romneybots on notice, again, that Romney is PNG at FreeeRepublic?

Sheesh.


85 posted on 05/27/2011 11:21:57 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Elendur
That said, i DO wish, that people here, would not be vicious in attacking the supporters of Romney... We should be vicious to progressive liberals

Methinks you contradicted yourself.

86 posted on 05/27/2011 11:23:00 AM PDT by kevkrom (Palin's detractors now resort to "nobody believes she can win because nobody believes she can win")
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

Nothing is more American than private citizens peacefully exercising their freedom of association.


87 posted on 05/27/2011 11:23:13 AM PDT by Sloth (If a tax cut constitutes "spending" then every time I don't rob a bank should count as a "desposit.")
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To: Dr. Sivana

Ditto on Jobs. First time I met him I wanted to bash his face in. Snot nosed punk.


88 posted on 05/27/2011 11:26:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." A. C. Clarke)
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To: Cyber Liberty
"Looks like Laz got the zot again."

What'd he do this time?

89 posted on 05/27/2011 11:27:23 AM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: SVTCobra03

I am confused here....what did I miss...linkie please


90 posted on 05/27/2011 11:28:06 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

I miss Laz


91 posted on 05/27/2011 11:28:37 AM PDT by Brent Calvert 03969-030
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To: Dr. Zzyzx
John Stuart Mill had the right approach...

As soon as I saw this, my brain switched off. Sorry.

The presence of obnoxious evangelical liberaltarians on FR has been the source of hundreds-of-thousands of wasted posts and neuronal firings over the past 15 years. Liberaltarians are not conservatives but are parasites on conservatism. I for one am tired of arguing with them. Even when they're shown to be wrong again and again, they never, ever acknowledge it. To continue to give them a free pass and an open forum here is a waste of time.

I for one am glad to see Jim cracking the whip. ENOUGH!
92 posted on 05/27/2011 11:29:59 AM PDT by Antoninus (Fair warning to the GOP--nominate a RINO and I'm going 3rd party.)
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To: astrodude

Nice.


93 posted on 05/27/2011 11:30:57 AM PDT by Ratman83
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

I mowed my lawn today and now am working on a fence to keep out the illegal alien animals. I had a burrito and jalapenos for lunch. Its overcast here today and cool. Life is wonderful. Remember our fallen heroes. I guess someone had to bitch.


94 posted on 05/27/2011 11:32:17 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: All

Here’s an example:
Someone posts, I’m not pro-gay, but I believe in civil unions. They could be for anyone, not just gays, something like a corporation.

Someone posts back: CIVIL UNIONS ARE PRO GAY. NO CONSERVATIVE CAN SUPPORT THEM.

The first guy posts back: Why would that be the case, if they were available to any two people? How is it different than allowing rights to corporations?

Second guy: CIVIL UNIONS ARE PRO-GAY. THE OWNER OF THIS SITE SAYS SO!

It’s that kind of thing a lot of us are talking about.


95 posted on 05/27/2011 11:33:24 AM PDT by sand lake bar (Adventure Time with Finn and Jake!)
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

You might try the next sock size up. Feet grow and socks that are too small can make a person kind of grumpy sometimes.


96 posted on 05/27/2011 11:35:52 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: La Lydia

If that is the case, I own several women. I have spent a LOT of money on several of them.


97 posted on 05/27/2011 11:36:52 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I agree. Zots are fun to read, especially when the zotted poster is obviously stoned out of their mind.


98 posted on 05/27/2011 11:37:13 AM PDT by SoCal SoCon (Conservatism =/= Corporatism.)
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

Why’s does this vanity remind me somewhat of Dialectical Materialism and Das Kapital? The worker/donor is not getting their fair share, the owners of the means of production add no value, have no lasting claim, ... Or some gobbled-goop like that. I hated that class, and the female instructors pit hair too.


99 posted on 05/27/2011 11:37:23 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

“I played a part in the grassroots effort to throw Bob Bennett out of office, and hope soon to do the same to Orrin Hatch. “

Would you mind if people joined your effort with a view toward defending and keeping Orrin Hatch or at least seeing that someone with views similar to his is his replacement? In other words, people who join the effort and undermine it?


100 posted on 05/27/2011 11:38:12 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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