On my iPad, I can click on “reader view” which puts it into a reader format one one page. Otherwise I would hardly on anywhere on line..
After reading your post, I checked out add-ons for Firefox. There is a “Reader” add-on, and I installed it. It doesn’t cure the click-bait problem; but, it does greatly improve the readability of cluttered sites (It’s not needed for Freerepublic.)
FWIW, “Deslider” (http://deslide.clusterfake.net/) didn’t help with the multiple-click problem either — although it does a good job with a lot of other click-bait slide shows.
Thanks again for indirectly pointing me toward a useful add-on tool.