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 see. So when you call others "stupid" or "morons" or "liars", it's just pointing out the facts. How convenient. LOL. Did you actually keep a straight face as you typed that? Inquiring minds want to know...
When was the last time you saw Ted Kennedy?
What is this obsession you have with putting people in a group? I reply to different posts if I feel like it and such communication does not make them my "buddy".
How odd.
Been through the courts how many times yet a Freeper discovers major problems with the litigation.
Hey, it could happen. But will they act on it?
Abortion may be "legal" thanks to a corrupt judiciary, but it is wrong and FR is totally opposed to it and is working to make it illegal. Any person that comes to FR pushing for abortion rights is not welcome here and is automatically nuked.
What? You mean we're not lifelong buddies now that you and I have posted to each other five or six times in the four years I've been here? ;)
Probably not the best example, NCPAC/Steffen was not fired because of of freepmail (with the implication that he had revealed some nefarious behavior that could discredit him and FR by extension) but rather because of the claims made by the Washington Post/Baltimore Sun supported by FR screename MD4Bush who tried to get NCPAC/Steffen to participate in rumormongering against mayor O'Malley. Governor Ehrlich didn't wait to hear if the claims were true when he did the right thing and let Steffen go and now the governor's lawyer is releasing the emails and vowing to expose the real culprit MD4Bush.
Nothing from nothing but I would say that in the case of NCPAC/MD4Bush FR was instrumental in exposing the MSM and MD Democrats as dirty tricks merchants worthy of derision and exonerating NCPAC/Steffen.
"Any person that comes to FR pushing for abortion rights is not welcome here and is automatically nuked."
Works for me. :-)
Hm, the comment at the link is telling you how you are in error for telling people who are extremely pro-military that they are anti-military. I have no desire to go to your profile page at all so I shall not accept the invitation.
I don't approve of calling anyone that term, but I do recall your baiting had driven many good people up a wall and so they finally responded in kind to your attacks.
Right. You align yourself with a certain group, attack anyone who disagrees with them, side with them thru thick and thin, but you aren't a member of the group. Okay.
LOL
I think the term is used to imply some kind of freepmail coordination when the fact is many people just have the same reaction to certain posts.
No conspiracy after all.
~smirk~
"group"? ----- WPPFF?
You just make it up as you go along.
LOL
The posts are still there. I was called "an ignorant POS" for objecting the troop bashing. I didn't bait anyone. I didn't fall for the bait. I was suspended anyway. That's the way the game sometimes turns out. It doesn't mean our troops deserve that kind of treatment. It just means one of the moderators abused their power.
Except the stupid. And the morons. Oh, and the liars. Right.
LOL - Group? What group?
But not anyone important.
Set your decoder ring to Alpha-Tango-17 - the pearl is in the river. I say again, the pearl is in the river. End message.
Well, thank goodness for that - I'd hate to see you when you set out to personally attack someone. LOL.
LOL
BTW, if posting on this thread makes one part of the WPPFF, I guess there are a lot of people who make fun of it who are really part of it!
Groups, you know (like "freepers").
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