I’ve been here for years and have noticed the slow decline in the quality of the postings. There are still some insightful comments and some good discussions and informative threads, but many seem to devolve into stupid arguments and personal insults and one-upmanship. FR is still good for breaking news, though.
Agree though it makes me sad to say it.
Sadly, some truth to that.
You're not alone.
In my opinion, it's a direct result of the stultifying presence of GOP-e bots and the doom and gloom brigade. Folks with better minds get turned off and stay away.
If it continues too much longer, this place will become unrecognizable.
I especially remember some of our fine essayist! I looked forward to seeing their newest and the discussions following. Many went on to to be banned and after 9/11 you don’t see near as many original Free Republic essays.
I did the reset for the new servers or login change after 9/11, and can’t remember my original, but I remember staying up late to catch-up on the discussion of the clinton scandal of the day. And I think we ripped Reagan a good one for amnesty too. But it’s been a long time and 6-7 computers ago.
I live in Alaska, work long hours and most of the time I don’t have to post because someone else has already brought up my point or question.