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.
And then there's this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375000/posts
Where on Earth did you find that?
Thanks for that information:)
I'm not advocating you break your promise which I assume is a monthly (yearly?) pledge. However, I believe there has been a one-sided change in the ground-rules...
please remember to use common courtesy when posting and refrain from posting personal attacks, profanity, vulgarity, threats, racial or religious bigotry, or any other materials offensive or otherwise inappropriate for a conservative family audience.
This rule (guideline?) hasn't been enforced and is most notable for it's breach. Given the change, I don't see why your pledge promise should mean anything...
Hyperbole rules this forum.
Third Millenium LLC?
I missed the name change memo, I guess.
But I just have to repeat your post because this is what I have feared would be the end result of this entire mess. It's bad enough the pro life movement has lost quite a lot of support over this with regard to the Randall Terry re-emergence and the apparent lack of respect by the protestors outside the Hospice. < p>
Tom DeLay stated on national television that even if Terri had put it in writing that she didn't want to exist on a feeding tube, it should have been left in.
So much for self determination. If the Republican party starts taking away the right of how we wish to end our lives, I will seriously have to reconsider a lot of things about our party.
These people are ghouls. I saw threads about Terri dying on Good Friday, then Easter Sunday. Now they're circling the Pope. Sick.
......... wanted to know your opinion of this.
I think I need the "Wild Turkey".
Oh. My. Goodness.
That goes into the Hall of Shame post. Although I thank you for reporting what was said on another thread. It just confirms my absolute belief that a good many freepers have lost their minds.
I just knew somebody would post that one.
And remember...Facts do not matter. Not here. Not anymore. The owner of the site said so.
Well, you're not wrong..
I'm Pro-Life, but I am against mob actvity.
I've been attacked just like everyone else here.
I've also been polite to everyone on FR, whether i agreed with them or not.
You mean he didn't want to spend his last minutes with his wife surrounded by people who will go on national television as they have repeatedly and call him a murderer and probably tell lies about those final moments?
No, I don't blame him at all.
When they took to the airwaves during the last several weeks and repeatedly lied about how they didn't even know if Terri really had a heart attack, I realized what they were all about. No one ever said she had a heart attack. She suffered from cardiac arrest.
And there's more, but since they have suffered a loss today I will not continue in this vein.
Michael Schiavo may be a reprehensible human being. But even reprehensible human beings have feelings. He kept his mouth completely shut over the past two weeks, while the Schindlers and the Schindlers' mouthpieces (including Roman Catholic clergy and a House Majority Leader) villified him publicly, day after day.
He's supposed to cut them slack when it's obvious they hate his guts?
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