Posted on 11/21/2002 1:06:48 AM PST by Clinton Is Scum
Jim -
My wife and I are longstanding members of Free Republic (since 1998). We were involved in the Pugget Sound chapter for awhile, and have supported the site financially.
I have heard from numerous sources that articles from Vdare may not be posted to Free Republic. Is this true? If so, can you please take a few minuts to explain your rationale for this policy?
I think Vdare is a terrific site. The editor of the site, Peter Brimelow, is a brilliant thinker and respected journalist. The site is concerned with "national identity" questions: immigration, affirmative action, bilingual education, multiculturalism. Yes, these are controversial issues, but the positions advocated by Brimelow and his colleagues are well within the range of opinions posted by FReepers every day. Anyhow, if we can't discuss controversial issues at Free Republic, where can we discuss them?
I hope it is OK to post this in the public forum. If you would prefer to discuss privately, please send me a FReepmail.
Regards,
Clinton Is Scum
If you don't look at both sides of an issue how can you judge it?
American Patrol is not against immigration. They are against illegal immigration - as well they should be. That does not make them racist. Is calling for the enforcement of federal immigration laws racist? If American Patrol is racist then so am I.
I hope that my Hispanic friends and my Vietnamese friends don't find out that I am a racist because American Patrol has been declared a racist site.
I wonder if it is alright for me to eat at my favorite Chinese restaurant in downtown Dallas?
Always the menu counts...sigh, so many years I've known you and your focus never changes. There's a hell of a lot to be said for consistency, though.
BTW, tonite, it was NY strips ( grilled on mesquite ) and baked sweet potatoes with a baby spinach salad, with a nice Cote Du Rhone ( it was a bit brash, of course )... Hope the pups are still doing well, I know you are...:-)
In some circles it is.
What about the folks regularly get exercised about articles from the Onion that fail to come with a satire disclaimer in 36-point bold red font.
FWIW, I recently posted an OUTRAGEOUS bit of VANITY satire, and more than half those who responded (about sixty posts) didn't get it.
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