Radio Free Republic this week
Why do conservatives eat their own.
If I have time I intend to call in and use these Westerfield threads as my basis. I have never seen such horrible treatment of other long time members and activists of this great forum.
I also believe this is why your threads have been put into chat. Whenever someone new comes along and gives their opinion they are branded.
I am just glad I didnt waste over 6 months on one issue that in all reality is not going to change a damn thing when that verdict comes in.
Again for the record I believe DW is innocent and that the Van Dams ( both parents) while reckless are not responsible for the actual death of their child.
If I have time I intend to call in and use these Westerfield threads as my basis. I have never seen such horrible treatment of other long time members and activists of this great forum.
Then you don't get out much. I have been on countless other threads, and seen NEWBIES torn to shreds and been denied simple courtesy. I have seen personal attacks over and over and over til it was sickening. The OLDEST/BIGGEST/BEST of the posters calling each other names and grouping together to attack others.
BUT, no one presses the ABUSE BUTTON on those threads.
I also believe this is why your threads have been put into chat.
The threads have been put into CHAT (or General Interest) because these threads go over 1000 posts EVERY DAY and COMPLETELY DOMINATE the BREAKING NEWS SECTION. No on can find the real breaking news, and the DW threads SHOULD NOT EVEN BE IN THE BREAKING NEWS SECTION. That is why.
Whenever someone new comes along and gives their opinion they are branded.
Not true. Newbies(and anyone) are treated with the respect that they show.
If a new poster gets on and says, "I know nothing about this", they are offered tons of links and offers to help inform them.
If a poster gets on and says, "I think DW did it because of ........", then they are responded to with debate about why that may/may not be correct. (This is the whole point of the threads anyway)
When a poster gets on and says "I'm not sure guilty/not guilty" or just about anything, they will get debate/help/links/info.
I can go back and point to many times that Posters like FresnoDa have provided NEWBIES with LINKS to everything about the case, all in one post.
NOW, we come to the last category. If it smells like a duck, looks like a duck, walks like a duck, it is probably A DUCK.
That is the posters that get on and (1) Tell everyone what they think.
(2)Insist that because they 'think' it , that it is the truth
(3)Refuse to back it up
(4)Call other posters names, (personal attacks)
(5)Try to start flame wars to get the thread pulled
(6)Spew and then run and hide.
I have seen it happen so many times, that it becomes easy to identify that type of poster.
In this case Billy Bob exhibited the signs of one of these types. I don't think BB is alone. I think that many posters on FR are duped by the media. Unless you get on these threads, or just go read all the transcripts from start to begining, then you are at the mercy of the MEDIA. And it is obvious that FAIRNESS IN REPORTING/ UNBIASED REPORTING are 2 classes that no longer are required for a job in the media.