“...move to defund Free Republic...”
Complete mischaracterization. I never said that. Nobody has suggested this.
What I said was that my personal boundaries will not permit me to pay to be insulted, or for abusive language. I’d rather give that money to my church, rather than support insults and abuse, until such time as the personal attacks are resolved.. What I DID SAY was that the abusive poster can pay my donation for the quarter, even stating the amount due...hence forth no loss in revenue to this site. If he/she wishes to pay to be abusive to others, this is his/her choice, howver it is enterely reasonable to retain MY choice to not pay to BE insulted. Both of these posiions are fair and resonable.
On the matter of “defunding”...
There is not, nor has there ever been, a call to do any such thing here.
Any “defunding” (your term) is merely incidental to an already long term trend, in a steady drop in financial support, as seen through many quarters. Why is that occurring over time?
A few possibilities which I suspect.
*members have moved to other forums, for various reasons over time, as alternate sites came online.
*members have endured financial restricitons in a tough economy (covid, unemployment, retirement reductions in income).
To suggest that there is an active call to “defund” is both not supported in any comments and is disingenuous at it’s face.
This clarification must be posted, lest what I encouraged is misunderstood and errantly protrays me as being a troublemaker for the owners. NOTHING could be further from the truth than the claim that there is a nefarious effort at “defunding”.
I am merely living within my personal boundaries, which is a healthy life.
...THAT IS ALL
I hate paying to be stalked and insulted, too, so I don’t do it much.
Telling HG to stop, or the mods to stop him never got results for me.
That was new, too. (HG getting politely moderated by Jim.)
Thanks.
Not going to hold my breath waiting for the scornful mischaracterizations against those expecting even handed moderation to stop, though.
~Easy