Thank you for a well thought out and reasoned post.
I know many others who no longer post here for similar reasons. They just never opused out. They just quit posting.
Can’t say as I disagree with your reasons, but I still do find FR the best site available for finding the most conservative viewpoints in one place.
And my favorite thread is..... the gardening thread although I GREATLY appreciate the labor intensive Threat Matrix.
“They just never opused out.”
I laughed out loud at that sentence. There probably have been some swan songs. I seem to remember a few.
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.