Posted on 02/04/2016 1:31:21 PM PST by sopwith
We are suppose to be on the same team and have the same goals. What went wrong? I'm not dumping FR. Just going to give it a month or so. The msm must love to read these post lately . Look we got them eating their own. We have a goal and whats happening on Free Republic is not it. See ya in awhile . god bless.
It’s not the same website that it was for so many years, that is true. Conservatism is not very important here any more, many seem to loathe the idea of conservatism.
Hopefully things will improve by the time you come back.
I have noticed that some posters who have been with FR since inception think that gives them the right to verbally abuse and disrespect newer posters.
Most times it’s mild ribbing about ‘Newbies’, sort of like high school freshmen in my old school being talked into buying an ‘Elevator Pass’. Although my school had 8 floors, no ‘elevator passes’ were ever required.
But other times, I’ve seen a ‘Senior Poster’ stalk, troll, ridicule, gang up and generally harass newer posters who express a point of view slightly ‘out of the box’. Nothing subversive, just not the prevailing sentiment. I generally either ignore it, or stop myself from responding when I can see that someone is fishing for a confrontation, a much ado about nothing. Some others cannot resist the challenge, the virtual white glove smacking them in the face, and they proceed to take the bait,
responding with dueling postings, back and forth, tit for tat, like a ping pong game, filling screen space.
For that i say, Thanks SOP !
LOL... it's election fraud.
You have to show bravery at the FR. BYE
I think Cruz has the trumpster dialed in . Gonna be fun.
...and you're from N.H. right. Vote next week.
If you feel the need..then unplug for a while.
Have some fun. Enjoy the “intellectual” give and take in the spectacle of a good old fashioned election mud fest ;-)
Indeed and agreed. Many seem to be under the impression their opinions matter more than a newer member because of how long they have been posting. No wonder it's rare to see a newer member stick around.
Word is Cruz is dropping out of NH.
It is strange...there have been a number of posters over the years who just quietly disappear...no mess, no fuss, no opus.
Some of those old timers are the very worst posters on here. I looked up dates of some and a few were here in 1998. We should be glad new people are coming here.
People are passionate about their candidate.
They will come here and write that their candidate is right and the opponent is wrong.
That’s what people do.
“The best predictor of a person’s future performance is that person’s past performance.”
Let people write whatever they will.
You should give us (FReeper name redacted by me) treatment.
Call us names, insult us, storm off with a magnificent opus, never to return.
Only to return two days later.
(You all know who I mean)
>> have some levity in all this miasma
I don’t think it’s physically possible to have levity in a Miasma. It’s only a two-seater, and a small one at that.
You should get yourself at least a 626 if you want to have levity in it.
I’m sorry. But it’s not the same this time. It’s worse. People are declaring rush and Levin and behind some conspiracy in cahoots with the establishment,the very same ones all of a sudden cheerleaders for Karl Rove and political savvy, some are mocking Christians, and then others are suddenly HUGE fans of big government. It beats all I’ve ever seen.
:) :) ;)
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