Please don’t take any offense, but this is absolutely NOT news to any of us who have been around this Web site for a while (in my case, since 1998).
You ALL need to realize that this site is monitored 24/7 by every two-and-three initialled Govt. agency you can name. It is also monitored by a large percentage of Congressmen and/or their staffs, media types....you name it.
What you say here is read by a LOT of people. Never forget it.
YEah, I remember the IRS agent sending snoop computer commands accidentaly in a post. That was very funny, in retrospect.
Agreed. I have strongly suspected this since about 2000. I cannot recall a specific instance, but I do remember seeing editorials, articles and such using the exact words or phrases seen in replies on FR. Not to mention slogans that became bumper stickers, breaking scandals that went nationwide, under-reported stories that got legs and mentions of FR on Rush, Hannity, etc.
I have resigned myself to the idea that I may have a knock at my door one day because I am a regular visitor to FR.
“What you say here is read by a LOT of people. Never forget it.”
Which is PRECISELY why people should quit posting those stupid “I will vote for whoever the Republicans nominate” posts.
They have to be idiots if they think only Freepers are reading.
What you say here is read by a LOT of people. Never forget it.
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Are you kidding? We all post here, and it is on radio within days, on television within a week and in magazines within the month.
Unlike DU and Moveon, we do have influence.