I Am Reinstating My Previously Witheld Monthly Payment To FR

vanity | 08-26-02 | mercy

[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.

[mercy]

plink, plink

[denydenydeny]

I really have a hard time wondering how anyone can stand that place.

Every other post on the site is made by that lunatic Arator.

Every thread about terrorism or Iraq becomes a 9/11-was-a-government-conspiracy nut-fest.

I am thrilled that most of those people are out of here. And ashamed for people that I respect (like Laz and Registered) who post there.

[mercy]

The fact that your link is stil up and working sorta pokes a big hole in the hater's claims on that board.

[paulklenk]

If I can brighten someone's day, then it'll seem like Silly is still around.

[DainBramage]

Freeze Silly!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well let's not get into that all over again

So why did you bring it up in your original post if that was not your intention.

Good job. We need another flame war thread.

[Artist]

"The fact that your link is stil up and working sorta pokes a big hole in the hater's claims on that board."

I'm sort of shocked by that, myself. But given what I've seen here lately, it might be gone soon, and so may I.

[mercy]

Agreed and a bump to your thoughts. I have a total of about an hour lurking over there now and it's a wasteland ... that section anyway. The board as a whole has it's merits I suppose.

Perhaps Reg and Laz have some ligitimate grips regarding FR and just wanted a place to get them out. Perhaps they would have been censored here. I don't know.

[mercy]

Well it's been discussed enough. I spose those who do not yet know what happened have a right to know so let's let them know where the info is.

But I truly just want Registered to come back and I want as many FReepers as possible to let him know they want him back. I swear that is my only motivation. My original comment is honestly how I feel and I don't want to start any flame wars.

[Miss Marple]

[M. Thatcher]

if she only had a backhand.

Oh, you'd be surprised.

[mercy]

Yes. Fred is right. As usual.

[ken5050]

I was trying to defuse the situation..(G).....BTW, I'll ping you on my humor piece about Cynthia McKinney moving to Chappaqua....regards...

[deport]

While you're reinstating your monthly why don't you slip on over to your profile page an fly your state flag?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I swear that is my only motivation. My original comment is honestly how I feel and I don't want to start any flame wars.

Oh. I guess the title must be a misprint. It seems to be something to do with donating to FR. I am sure that's your only motivation.

[headsonpikes]

"plink, plink"

Every little bit helps. ;^)

[one2u]

This site called Free Republic, which received its push via the Monica scandal as came out on Drudge, is a total fraud, 100%. This place is NOT about cleaning up the government. No, it's about protecting the government. It's NOT about getting the truth out. No, it's about getting lies to propagate as truth. It's NOT about anything to do with freedom. No, it's about making sure the chains remain.

You want proof? Too bad. I won't be staying long enough (nor will this post), because Jim Robinson literally hates my guts. In fact, he's rewritten the software for this place several times purely to keep me out.

You are an absolute fool if you think you are getting truth from this site or you think you are dealing with people here who give a hoot about America! Find out what's being deleted here, what's been deleted for a long long time, what topics are off the table and what topics ARE the table. When you do then you'll understand just how much of a lie this site really is.

Jim's "moderators" have a damn good reason for being here: to keep you from figuring it out.

[Miss Marple]

What this thread is all about:

[Esoterica]

I suspect threads like this are allowed to surface "malcontents" for subsequent banning. Mao permitted a brief cultural thaw in China around 1960, and a few voices spoke out against how badly The Middle Kingdom was being run. Mao then clamped back down, and had a handy list of dissidents who'd neatly incriminated themselves. The words "deleted by moderator" should make anyone's gorge rise.

[Miss Marple]