Posted on 09/03/2024 6:06:32 PM PDT by ducttape45
This is (I hope) going to be a short narrative, but I felt this needs to be shared for hopefully the benefit of others here.
I am leaving Twitter/X. I'm done with it, and it's for reasons you might not think.
Let me say that I'm glad Elon Musk bought it and opened it up to be used as it's supposed to be used. I'm glad the many folks that were once banned under the old regime were able to have their accounts restored. And I'm glad it is being used as a means to expose the lies, hatred, bigotry and sheer evilness of everyone who wants to destroy this nation.
That said, I am leaving it because it has taken my focus off the one thing, or Person rather, that I should be concentrating on and communicating with, our Lord Jesus Christ. I can get the important news here on Free Republic (thank you Jim!) and at the same time get spiritual encouragement as well. Also, there are brothers and sisters here that I cannot thank enough for being there for me, especially the last couple of years as I deal with the effects of Long Covid.
I'm also deleting "The Liberty Daily" out of my morning routines as it is also a very depressing website to visit, and I don't like the way it uses, shall we say, "more colorful metaphors and adjectives." Sure, there is not much good to share from the left, but to use the derogatory surnames is shameful.
So that's it. Every morning when I bring up the morning news, this will be the only website I visit for all the happenings that are the most important to know about.
Thank you all for the time it took for you read this posting!
I'm still a Tucker fan and an Elon Musk fan, but I spend little time on X.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
Matthew 6
Oops, I meant LibbyLu.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3390867/posts?page=871#871
You are all freaking low class jerks. The Heidi thread has been pulled multiple times. Free Republic has become trump derangement central. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BUNCH OF CONSERVATIVES SO PICKY, PETTY AND STUPID - STUPID FREAKING LOSERS YOU DAMN DEFEND TRUMP AS IF HE WERE A FREAKING BABY BECAUSE HE IS! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL.
I tried X twice under Musk. It was bullshit, constant stream of anti Trump trash.
I would block 100 anti Trumpers, Musk would send 500 more my way.
It was not for me. Nanny state Mods would give me a time out for BS .
I called Robert Reich a dwarf, that = Hate speech according to Musk and his band of Deep state Muska teers.
I suggested waterboarding the Secret Service Woman, Cheatle, in order to learn the truth about the Trump Assassination attempt.
Elon and his band of freaks said I was promoting violence.
God speed.
I understand where you’re coming from.
(it’s “So long”)
Noah Report? Never heard of that. Gonna check it out.
I hear ya.
I don’t do X. Or Facebook or any other social media sites.
I also don’t click Fox News, Daily Mail, Breitbart, Red State, Voice of America, Newsmax, Town hall or whatever.
Everything I need to know (and some things I don’t) is found right here at Free Republic.
It’s been hard. There are many good people on Twitter, but anymore the news coming from is depressing. Sure, it can be good news, but to see the bad stuff blasted there every day, it’s just too much, and too depressing.
My go to’s are Free Republic and The Liberty Daily. Ditched my TV 10 years ago.
“ If you’re relying on free Republic for your news”
True now. In the past FR was THE place for news. Times change. We all got older.
Now the Paid Putin Propagandists fill it up.
There’s still other good stuff and even the Putin freaks post some good stuff in their ruse to pretend they are conservative Americans.
Hat-tip to you for removing some distractions that take focus away from the Lord.
I joined Twitter when Musk took over. I find it extremely useful to track public people whose opinions I respect, and also to track companies and discussions about particular stocks, industries and investments.
I can be addicting, which may indeed occupy time meant for prayer and reflection. But in world full of temptations, Twitter/X is less worse than many others.
I appreciate that. but maybe just hold off for two more months until after the election lol.
Twitter is different now since Elon bought it and renamed it X.
You will be feeling great about it soon. I have not ever had a Facebook, Twitter, X, Instagram, etc. or any account such as those mentioned. For me it is email, phone messages, or 3 - 4 sites such as FREEREPUBLIC. In other words, I have no idea what you are missing but I really feel you will be ALL RIGHT!!
May GOD BLESS You!!
They are, but it’s all so overwhelming. Then people you follow repost other posts, and it’s just too much. Like I said, I’m glad Musk bought it and brought it back to prominence, but many times it’s too much of a good thing. Information overload, and as others have said, addicting.
Thanks for the update. I have only recently been back on x.com, and I do find it useful for a lot of things, and I feel like at least until the election, that pushing on it will be helpful. See a little more of what is going on with the bad guys.
I was on Twitter, even before it was called Twitter, when it was in beta testing. Then when it became Twitter, they wanted your phone number, and you pretty much needed to use your phone because it was mainly designed for texting. At that point, I never signed up for it. Therefore, when I started using, over 15 years later, it was the first I’d actually been a member of x.com/Twitter. We were getting so many links there from various sources, including WorldNetDaily, especially, that I felt it would be better for me to be able to fully use Twitter, and I was pleased when Musk bought and improved it. I still have not given them my phone number, however.
Thinking about using FreeRepublic as a primary news source, you won’t really be using only FR, but you should also be going off to read the articles that are posted.
So someone has to do the posting. If people like you don’t go find articles, and post, then they won’t get posted here.
The good thing however, is that there are people that really search the Internet every day and post many articles — thank you to all of them! I don’t really post that many myself, either, especially in recent years.
Plus we will continue to appreciate your insights when you are able to comment.
Although x.com is not for you, I am glad that you did not disparage it for everyone, because I think right now it is very useful in the battle that we are all facing. I am going to stay on it for the moment.
Best wishes,
W
The only other social media I have is Facebook (no Instagram, Telegram, Truth Social, etc), but it’s only so I can keep up with friends from the former job, and for information about the neighborhood I live in. Once I move from here, which I really want to do, I’m going to close my account there as well.
Excellent.
FR is my go to subscription.
Just before I retired from the State Department, I closed Facebook based on my meeting with Obama’s FR Campaign coordinator and what I was asked to use FB overseas for....
Most MSM/Social Media is linked to our intelligence programs worldwide, for what that is worth.
Our DNC has made the KGB seem likevamatures.
You may have just dodged the Mark of the Beast.
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