In response to the 'State of discourse' thread that was posted yesterday: Can't we all just get along?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243106/posts ^Posted on 6/9/2024, 1:35:13 PM by Jim Robinson
I've been asked to chime in, so I'm chiming. But you're not gonna like it. The state of discourse on FR is totally up to you. You know the guidelines and rules. I don't need to repeat them again and again and again. We are mostly adults here and mostly Christian conservatives. We all know how to behave in a mixed public setting. We don't need and don't want to be supervised.
Before you post that next profane post or personal attack just ask yourself, what would Jesus do.
Can't we all just get along?
Thank you all very much and God bless you.
In response, a FReeper wrote: Now that’s a dirty trick. Using a man’s own conscience against him. Dang it.
ransomnote: the tone of the posts on that thread were heavily Christian. I thought this was a gentle way to speak for those of different faiths i.e., you need not be Christian to share some of the same values.
In response , a FReeper wrote: Amen. Though I don’t believe in Jesus as anything but an extremely distant cousin of mine, my values also include being civil and generous to people. I, like everyone here, don’t fully live up to that standard, but it is a worthy goal for us all to strive.
Thanks, Jim, for all that you have done, and may you and your family be blessed in every possible way.
ransomnote: I thought this was a gentle way to put the point of Jim's post forward again.
In response, a FReeper wrote: though I don’t believe in Jesus as anything but an extremely distant cousin of mine... So, what would your extremely distant cousin do? :-)
I liked Jim Rob's point about Jesus; it was a good reminder- I'll excerpt his post here:
In response Jim Robinson wrote: ransomnote excerpted: ...it was pointed out to me recently that Jesus did not come as a uniter. He came as a divider.
Made me laugh:
In response Jim Robinson wrote: Yes, I know that too. Just having a hard time recognizing which ones are the paid forces against us. I’ve seen some of my best friends who have been here 20, 25 years being accused of being paid Russian trolls. Guess I’m going to have to have another look at their check stubs.
JMHO, I'd begin by noting but largely ignoring most of what is said/written.
I know if I'd reacted in kind to the things I've had said/written about me/my brothers, I'd have suites at SuperMax and Leavenworth right now. (You learn a bunch of nasty things in battle, but teaching warfare gets you exposed to orders of magnitude more nastiness.)
The real "tell" is WATCH.WHAT.THEY.DO. Paychecks might tip you to some but the real scheisspielers are doing it because of belief and don't really need a paycheck at all.
Only things I truly trust anymore are my Lord Jesus and my family (especially the "littles")
FR's right behind them, so special thanks (and a big BRAVO ZULU) to Jim and MOD for putting up with my aimlessness.