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.
I had noted it slowed waaaaay down.
'Face is usually around, though.
(Pinging 'Face because I'm talking about her behind her back!)
very nifty to use when signing up for things
I didn't realize there was a ping list! Please add me!
Keyes ran a campaign in Illinois?
;0)
Crud my library time expires in 2 minutes.
Yeah, I think there might be some dangerous people out there. I can't believe some of the stuff I'd seen. I haven't wandered out there too much in the past few days.
Let them call you names. Based on their line of thinking, why would you care what they think anyway?
Sorry but this just gets my hackles up.
Okay.
Anyone who wishes to do so is invited to freepmail me a private e-mail address. Or you can send it to me at freeperangelo AT yahoo DOT com.
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The torture his kids post was on the breaking news thread.
What kind of Freepers are those types?
"True conservatives" who claim to be devout Christians.
And Medved. And Rush. Though yours are the worst.
I cannot listen to them. Truly. I turn them off for health reasons. I find myself yelling at the radio like I used to do when listening to liberals.
The really sad thing is that they've turned me into a cynic -- when listening to them in the future, I'll be wondering what it is they're leaving out and not telling me.
Oh, btw, I caught just a piece of Michael "get AIDS and die" Savage, and it seemed like he was (slightly) saner than most while still taking the pro-Terri side. Have you noticed that in general in his show, or did I catch him on a weird day?
Thank you!
I've noticed other posters do that too.
Although the flavor this week seems to be, "Well, at least they didn't pull the feeding tube out of the homosexual/Democrat/war-protestor/detainee/Muslim (fill in your favorite) "
SIGH.
See my #2776.
RE:#2683...that's despicable.
Tabitha Sorenson was a troll who constantly harped about the "failure" of the Bush Administration in 2001 because he did not outlaw abortion by executive order. That was her one topic. She eventually got ZOTted for her trouble.
FLorida Law posting on a moonbat thread ping....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1374334/posts?page=185#185
Monsters!
Bad things will come to them.
I hope that post was pulled.....
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