Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
We, the Witness Protection Program For Freepers, aka the Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane, have through mutual discussion and rigourous thought, determined that:
1. The discussion threads regarding Terri Schiavo (hereafter referred to as "TS") have become too full of innuendo, rumormongering, hyperbole, hysteria, namecalling, paranoia, and general poor behavior to warrant participation.
2. Said threads have degenerated into "echo chambers", wherein the same, common thoughts are continually posted again and again, and the same old disreputable, unconfirmed and/or false urban myths are propagated.
3. Anyone who joins in said theads with alternative viewpoints to the most extreme posts are routinely driven away with slander, accusations, and vile namecalling.
4. No data or evidence contrary to the "prevailing opinions" are accepted, considered, or discussed; and in fact are rejected outright in most instances.
5. That the continued calls for armed insurrection, military or paramilitary involvement, impeachements of politicians and judges, and death threats are embarassing, stupid, shortsighted, doomed to failure, and contrary to most if not all conservative thought prior to this case, as well as damaging in the extreme to FR and the conservative movement as a whole.
6. That such emotional, hyperbolic, and propaganda-driven hysteria is in fact contrary to all conservatives USED to stand for.
7. That the holding up of swastika and other Nazi imagery towards the police and the Bushes, the use of children as political props, and the disruption of the peace at the Woodside Hospice can only reflect badly on conservatives in general, and should be discouraged.
8. That the pursuit of this issue to the exclusion of all others by the GOP has damaged, perhaps beyond repair, the pursuit of other important issues as well as the reputation of the GOP, FR, and conservatism.
The WPPFF is NOT of one mind as to the case of TS or its correct outcome. In fact, wide disagreement exists within our little group. However, we are united in our wish that reason and sanity be respected in the discussion, as well as the rights of all parties involved or participating. We wish to discuss this as adults and intellectuals, as conservatives and as FRiends, not as children screaming past each other on some playground of hysteria. We wish for facts and evidence to be provided, discussed reasonably, and considered fairly.
We reject all accusations of Naziism, "death cultism", or other slander as methods of debate. We reject the practice of "spamming" multiple threads, of posting unending vanities, and the posting of propaganda and calls for violence. We reject, in fact, all unseemly and childish behavior which has come to characterize this case on FR.
We DO invite others to come and reasonably discuss the issue. We have no problem with FReepers who wish to debate in a rational and fair manner, and with due respect for their fellow FReepers. We have NO problem with those whose views are formed by religion; however we reject "preaching" or "being beaten with a Bible" as legitemite debate tactics. Not all of us are Believers, and such tactics only cheapen the source.
If a FReeper finds this an acceptable meansd to discuss this and other issues, they are welcome to join in and participate. Those who find pleasure in attacks, flame-baiting, slander, stalking, and personal atacks will be ignored, and their egos will go unfed.
We assume this thread to be a zone of sanity in an overheated atmosphere. Thus, a general amnesty is in effect. If posters conduct themselves within the guidlines above, we will be happy to discuss and debate with you. If a poster wishes to apologize for past slips of the tongue, or for possible "over-the-top" statements to another, it will be graciously accepted, and your company welcome.
Please bring a sense of humor; we feel that too many have been taking themselves too seriously lately.
Let the discussion begin!
Signed,
The WPPFF, aka The Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane.
Gotta wonder where Jesse will pop up next. Michael Jackson trial?
Hey, don't cloud the issue with facts.
How about personal attacks?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374457/posts?page=121#121
Crier slammed Scarborough, Hannity & Sedlow.
I was cheering her on!
Cleaned their clocks for a long time to come, I'd say.
He said that, if he had been in his former role as House Majority Leader, he would never have brought the Weldon bill to the floor.
"If the nose don't fit..."
Gawd.
I heard him. It was pandering and diversion, IMO.
Bon Voyage. I never understood why Dems would threaten to leave if so and so got elected. By all means, take the next available plane.
I'm pulling chocks tomorrow. Writing the opus thread now.
It's also interesting to see how many people, despite having hundreds of threads to post on where their opinions and ravings are applauded, simply HAVE to come here to start fights and rant. To my knowledge, this is the only current thread of its kind. Why does the prospect of FReepers discussing the issue WITHOUT the extremeism (which is all this thread is about, anyway) bother them so?
Don't go Poohbah. Just don't donate when they fire up the FReepathon machine tomorrow. Hit 'em in the billfold.
Ping me to it, will ya, if I'm still here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374363/posts?page=88#88
Yee-haw!
What a beautiful thing to see! She kicked butt of Pat Buchanan, Sean Hannity, Jay Sedlow & Joe Scarborough!
Whatta nice night, CC gave us!
LOL for real. That was a great comment, atlaw!
If I don't wind up doing it, I'll be truly sorry to see you go.
Despite all the crap you take, you are often a lone voice for sanity on emotional threads, and not just the Terri threads, either.
I'm proud to know you, Pooh.
"Yes. I am saying that those who would view the results of any autopsy as vindication of Michael Schiavo do not understand the limitations of such a study."
124 posted on 03/31/2005 10:51:55 AM CST by chimera
Limitations? Oh brother, here it comes...
sw
Is he calling YOU a Nazi?? All those links lead to perfectly benign remarks, at least one that wasn't even yours.
Noooooo....Come back, Shane! Come back!
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