[Army Air Corps]

Nothing that happens here is of the slightest importance in our actual daily lives. Act and react accordingly.

Spot on! Regardless of how intense a "flame war" or barrage of insults may be on FR, it really doesn't matter. When you walk away from the computer, step outside, and take a walk in the glorious sunlight, the piffle fades away into the aether. Faith, family, and friends are what matter.

[Luke21]

I’ve been here a very long time, as have you. And we all have our stories of being piled on by ping brigades and smarmy, nasty liberals and Rino’s. It has always been somewhat nasty here. The only change is with the bots and paid saboteurs, it is harder to find people we can be congenial with. My agreement/disagreement ratio used to be about 50-50, whereas now I disagree with ten times the posters I agree with.

But my main memory will forever be the recent night Jim Robinson, poor health and all, thanked and greeted every one of us, one at a time on a thread as we all wished him godspeed. That was a beautiful moment on Free Republic. The place isn’t perfect, but I’m glad I came back in 1998.