Yeah. I live up here in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts. Great place, but the politics suck.
Came on Free Republic around 2004 (had never done any kind of online thing like FR) and shortly after I joined, got into a discussion with kristinn. He was talking about the Walter Reed Freeps, and invited me to come down. I had no idea who he was, but...I liked the fact they were counter protesting, so I came down one Friday night and I was hooked.
Went back many times after that. What great people, I so enjoyed meeting them and getting to know them personally.
Freepers are the counter culture at this point.