It’s time to leave Free Republic after 25 years

vanity | 06-10-2025 | self

[T.B. Yoits]

The breaking news is often hours behind an actual event happening.

?????

Seriously???????

That's one of your complaints??????

You had 25 years to figure out that YOU can post the news instead of waiting for someone else to.

[SuperLuminal]

One of those Al Gore infiltrators who came aboard in the post-2000-election era...

He will be sorely missed...
Snicker

[TheDon]

A rather accurate portrayal.

[I want the USA back]

The quality of discource depends on the people who use the site, not the site.

The site is what you make it. If some people post inane or stupid things, it doesn’t make the site inane or stupid.

Maybe a “like/dislike” button would give posters feedback and encourage them to post better thoughts.

The ability to edit and/or delete would be good. Then some of the really stupid stuff could be wiped off the face of the earth.

Or maybe a mandatory delete when the ratio of like/dislike reaches a certain point.

I know that much of what’s posted can be found easily on other sites, or through a search. But this site is where I go every day to see what interests me, which is also what interests most FR denizens and is likely to be posted here.

[MosesKnows]

Noted. It is good to have a venue where you can share your opinions.

I am curious, though. Did you make an announcement when you arrived on FreeRepublic?

[Carry_Okie]

Yes, the quality of the posters has declined and that damage was done during the primaries back in 2016 when bullying of disparate views reached an all time high, and moderators were banning good conservatives whom they disagreed with over this or that candidate rather than being neutral and just enforcing civility, with no emphasis on posters having to source thair assertions.

As a result, the bullies won the day and the site devolved into being dominated by name-calling and crude insults, childish harassment, mindless propaganda posts, rising racist and crude posts, as the most thoughtful people just brushed off their feet and moved on rather than go to the trouble of wading through the garbage. Without their contributions the number of new threads plummeted.

Bingo. I left for nearly two years for those very reasons. Before then, I had posted many original articles here that are still on my site and refer back to FR. They are lengthy thorough, and well documented in the hope to elevate the quality of debate and the stature of this site as a center for thoughtful conservative discourse. I refer often to those old threads, in part to give people a sense of what this site was.

FR is still a good aggregator, but since other news sites offer "comments" threads, the objective value of discussion here has declined by comparison. There are still some very special and prolific posters here, but it isn't what it was in total.

There is one other singularity in FR's history greatly reducing its value, which was the damage to the Archive pursuant to the LAT/WP lawsuit. I had posted a LOT of material on those threads. Instead of excerpting them and retaining the replies, the entirety of those threads were simply erased. I managed to find some on the Internet Archive, but the loss of that work was without consideration of mine.

[Repeal The 17th]

When it is time to leave, leave, don’t type.

[TheRef]

you’ll be back

[wintertime]

Indeed! My reaction as well.

[T.B. Yoits]

When it is time to leave, leave, don’t type.

[Tymesup]

I agree with a lot of what you said. Leaving looks like a reasonable action.

I think this is a good site for me, so I will be staying.

[T.B. Yoits]

[wintertime]

I greatly reduced my engagement with Free Republic after a government school defender threatened to dox me and my children and grandchildren.

These government school defenders were probably paid. They have completely disappeared from Free Republic. I suppose when I lowered my profile those funding them no longer sent them money.

[T.B. Yoits]

My biggest complaint about FR is that the quality of opuses has declined dramatically over the years.

[SunkenCiv]

• Opinion: The media's post-Biden show of contrition is just a setup [06/02/2025]

[mass55th]

"What makes you think money spent, mostly in the USA to build replacements for the old munitions sent to Ukraine is somehow "unaccounted for"?"

Earth to frozen brain, I never mentioned the depletion of our weapons inventory. I specifically said $$$$. Ukraine has received billions of taxpayer dollars...specifically cash, which there is no record of where those billions ended up. And news flash!!! We can't even produce enough of our own weapons needs in this country, so why are we even supplying Ukraine with replacement parts as you claim?

And thanks for proving my claim that there are cognitively-challenged dingbats here who feel the need to label people with childish names, just like the Nazis did.

[mass55th]

Thanks!!

[mass55th]

Hope your hospitalization days are over, and you are now enjoying good health. I’ve been here a long time as well, and I’m not about to let ignorant people chase me off. If a person can’t get a laugh-a-day on Free Republic, then they’re doing something wrong. And we can all use a good laugh every day.

[bitt]

C YA

[Karl Spooner]

I tune out the few that are not mild. “The Jews are committing genocide” is stupid regardless of the identity of the speaker.

Here are a few key phrases that should give a glimmer of what's going on. They always tend to gravitate towards the top of the power structure, clever with words and all forms tempting bribery(just ask Judas). One of satan's names, and he has many, in the bible is "the destroyer". Nothing has changed since the crucifixion, yet.

John 8:44
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

Rev. 3:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."