Posted on 08/26/2002 9:57:23 AM PDT by mercy
Giving priority to what is most important, I have decided to swallow my pride. I had a dustup with a moderator. I lost. Though I think the moderators need a tuneup they ain't so bad really. I depend on them to keep this site from becomming a free for all whacko hate site. I used to push the abuse button quite frequently on my fave undesirables ... anti-semite, haters. I notice they're a bit thin around here lately.
It is most important that Free Republic live and thrive. It is less important that I get things my way around here. Though I do not agree completely with the proposition that it is Jim's site and he can do with it what he damn will pleases ... It's as much our site, collectively, as it is his now. Perhaps Jim does ride herd a bit too hard on this creation he gave birth to. Fact is I don't know. I simply don't have enough information.
But it is a given that FR is the best there is at what it does. If it's only my morning paper and a place to exercise my verbal skills ... it's worth supporting. Now is the time for all level headed thinking FReepers to come to the aid of our wounded friend ... Free Republic.
Okay, in the context of elected national office, the word "would" is more correct. However, libertarianism is not just a political trickery used to get elected. It is also a lifestyle that is lived by individual people.
Speaking of indymedia, one supposes that communists say the same thing about their own moral-liberal ideology, too. "It's more than a philosophy. It's a way of life!"
That's a pretty pathetic attempt at the smear tactic. You do much better work when you use the medium of the perverted cartoon. Besides, your fasco-collectivist ideology is really quite similar to the moral-liberal ideology of the environmentalist left.
Who am I picking on?
I don't believe in collective ownership unless they truly are legal owners. I believe ownership resides with the legal owner.
It's a capitalist, free market system we live in. Jim started FR, he's responsible for FR, and he OWNS FR.
Nothing wrong with that. I'm going to buy some property later this week. I want it to be mine.
I don't get that at all, and I've been reading CJ's posts for years.
Thought I knew what?
"libertarians" from tpaine, you're getting the wrong impression.
Exactly my point.
Why is it when the word libertarian is mentioned, I immediately have visions of a dogmatic, opininated anti law, anti government, porn and drug promoter, hateful, disrespectful, inconsiderate, pompous person who believes in tearing down any conservative gains the GOP makes? I almost think - "Oh no, watch out - I will be called stupid, ignorant, asked hateful questions."
The libertarian rhetoric I have come in contact with through FreeRepublic, Liberty Post and all the other anti sites does not reflect well on Libertarians.
It sounds more intelligent than DU but appears rather mean-spirited and hateful to me.
Of course, you and some others do not fit that description. Just the preponderence of it forms that impression.
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Now - I was replying to Liberal Classic's statements and copied this quote from his statement. However, I was just commenting on the part 'libertarians' and 'you're getting the wrong impression'. It was not directed at you and I told you I should have deleted the 'tpaine' part but did not since it was a quote. I was commenting on impressions of libertarians. I don't even know if you are a libertarian or fit in this category because all of these posts are running together now and I don't want to go back and reread them.
However, I stand by my comments in regard to the general impressions of the libertarian posters (again, this is not directed at you in any way because I don't know what you have posted other than the tacky attacks on people here.
Now - to make it clearer and show you that this was not directed at you, here is what I should have posted to make my point.
"To: Liberal Classic
"libertarians" ------ "you're getting the wrong impression".
Exactly my point.
Why is it when the word libertarian is mentioned, I immediately have visions of a dogmatic, opininated anti law, anti government, porn and drug promoter, hateful, disrespectful, inconsiderate, pompous person who believes in tearing down any conservative gains the GOP makes? I almost think - "Oh no, watch out - I will be called stupid, ignorant, asked hateful questions."
The libertarian rhetoric I have come in contact with through FreeRepublic, Liberty Post and all the other anti sites does not reflect well on Libertarians.
It sounds more intelligent than DU but appears rather mean-spirited and hateful to me.
Of course, you and some others do not fit that description. Just the preponderence of it forms that impression.
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And - again, I apologize if my meaning was unclear. I in no way was talking about you unless you fit my description of my impression of the libertarians.
This was a case of lazy posting on my part.
What is the source of your assertion that the protesters threw rocks (and/or dirt clods) at the presidential motorcade?Did you just make that up like I suspect? Or do you have a real source?
For you, I would have to insist on prepayment of the fee, tpaine.
By the way - apparently apologies and explanations don't work with libertarians. Looks like the battle is the game.
Are you a libertarian? Does my description fit you? Or are you going to make me go back and read your posts to decide for myself?
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