It’s time to leave Free Republic after 25 years

vanity | 06-10-2025 | self

[Lazamataz]

I thought Jewishness (as it were) was matrilineal...?

It is. But if your father is Jewish, you're free to look over the religion.

[texas booster]

Jaysin,

I do not expect you to ever see this, but too have sometimes been disillusioned here at FR, my online home for 30 years. Where was I to go? Fox sNews? Youtube? CNN? They all bear the hallmarks of directed censorship and outright propaganda from the MSM/Dems.

There still has been no one to replace Rush.

Rather than leave I decided to make it better by posting new articles, taking over an abandoned Ping! list (VDH), starting a few more ping! lists and trying to raise the level of discourse on the forum. And I donate more than I used to, or probably should.

Starting a new business required all my free time a couple of years ago. After a stroke severely limited my time on the forum, I still do what I can to help the forum expand and become better.

Hey, maybe you will come back and try to make FR better.

Lord knows that Jim, John and the frequent posters can’t do it all themselves.

[Big Red Badger]

Hey Dan ...
This was in No Way directed at You
FRiend but the Opus in general!
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Thanks for the Ping with over
300 responses it Very entertaining!

[Big Red Badger]

HA!
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I’LL start the First!

[grey_whiskers]

Excellent and timely post, sir.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Unfortunately, there have always been anti-Semites at FR (when I joined in '99 it was crawling with them, and many used the names of notorious Nazis as their screen names). There was some relief after 9/11 but there are always anti-Semites here. And unfortunately there have always been anti-Semites in the conservative movement. Even great heroes like Albert Wedemeyer eventually became anti-Semites. And so many conservatives in both the past and present identify the enemy with "Zionism," not a nationalist movement but a plot to rule the world outlined in the "Protocols."

I'm sick of them too, but I still like reading the articles and comments here, so I'm still here although mostly in the background.

There'll be one less Good Guy without you, so I'm sorry to see you go, but that's up to you. Maybe just check on occasionally, okay?

[Macoozie]

“𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉, 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒉.
If you think this site is free speech, you need to reread your constitution.”

Yes of course, it’s Government that can’t restrict speech. FR is a privately owned entity and can do whatever it wants.

My idea here is that FR is a bastion of thought, conversation, and at times, vitriol. Also a great place to meet the enemy. Original poster quitting because of Jew Hatred is silly. It’s been around since the Beginning. It’s on a new rise these past few years.

So why not continue the Fight? Put the Jew Haters back in their boxes by laughing at them, by ridiculing their arguments, by exposing them as the shiiite heads they truly are?

Peace to you my friend.

[HandyDandy]

“ LOL I know. I used it ironically. A lot of FReepers are former Democrats.”

Ok, got it. So, you are aware of its current connotative meaning and used it ironically. Sorry I missed the irony!

[chrisser]

"I found its helps to understand that we are all getting really old and cranky. It isn't easy to reply to snarky and hurtful comments in the same manner. I've been trying really hard to stay on topic when posting, and not to reply harshly. Easier said than done sometimes."

It also would benefit some people to develop a thicker skin and a sense of humor.

I don't have time to go through this entire thread, but I've gone through the first 200 or so comments and there really aren't many I would classify has hurtful. Snarky, perhaps. But that's a inevitable part of open dialog with people who can and will disagree. This site would be even more boring if we all agreed on everything and there would be no reason for discussion.

The OP could have kept his thoughts to himself and left quietly. He instead chose the path of an opus, with all that entails. If he expected everyone to pat him on the back and agree wholeheartedly with every part of his screed, then he's been on the wrong site for 25 years.

[kinsman redeemer]

...first time I’ve heard of you.

Bye.

[boatbums]

I’ve gone on sites like Townhall and Breitbart and had some dialogs with others using Disqus, but never on the same level as Free Republic. This site remains my favorite for news aggregate and comments without having to be bothered by liberal trolls who only want to be nasty and anti-conservative. I haven’t seen “antisemitism” here but I may not look at the same threads as you do.

I do NOT blame Free Republic nor JR for what others post here. It is a FREE site open to anyone who wants to participate and is only as good as what WE make it. I hope you will reconsider and continue to add your own thoughts and knowledge to this site. It benefits everyone.

[wintertime]

I was threatened by way of private reply.

I reported it to Jim and the moderators. Since the threat was thinly veiled enough, the government school defender was given a warning.

I stayed off Free Republic for a few months, and all the government school defenders disappeared. They have never been back to my knowledge.

[frank ballenger]

RE: political news from X....

I am a Luddite but on FR with a laptop.

I know is a means to chat back and forth since all the internet “I’m at the Mall lot now.” “I’m walking inside the Mall.” “Jackie and Kenneth are at Cinnabon.”

How do people “get political news”? Ask for names of famous politicians and see what their posts are?

I’m serious. And thinking about X.

[sopo]

I tried to maneuver you into being the thread killer, but it didn’t work.

[sopo]

I tried to maneuver you into being the thread killer, but it didn’t work.

[af_vet_1981]

Concur with metmom in this case; it is a very bad look for someone purporting to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 10:32
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

[metmom]

Thank you.

[Big Red Badger]

Funny how Many Times I’m the Very Last...
My Pencil is Very Sharp.

[Freeleesy]

It’s sad that a few bad apples (Dr._MOJO and Angelino97 with his other sock puppet account) spoil the lot.

[Elsie]

Probably not.