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 would like to see a specific example of said "troop-bashing." I was on that thread and don't recall this "incident."
All I can say is don't hold your breath waiting for an example. It does not exist.
Free Republic will be stronger with all the feathers ruffled. Free Republic will continue to be the most excellent website in the world, even with all these limp wristed WPPPPPPPPFFFFFF'ers.
It is real strange that a few old time FReepers turned out to be acting like such wusses.
Time for the WPPPPPFFFFer's to grow some.
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As a Freeper, Billthedrill, said BRILLIANTLY a day or two ago:
“We would be all better off if we would ask the other party what he or she thinks instead of telling them. It's almost always a mischaracterization, and it brings more heat than light.”
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Bravo! That is so correct!
Precisely.
I doubt you mean that, otherwise you would have looked at the links I provided, and you would have gone on to read more.
I read that whole thread. Post the example, please.
Hi BB
Good to read yah -
This is what I objected to from the inception of this "why can't we be civilized?" Group chant. On such a serious topic - bring out the booze and let's have a parteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
"Let the fun begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 posted on 03/29/2005 11:58:34 AM EST by Long Cut
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My response see post #
I don't know mountaineer...it would've runined my weekend.
Good commentary!
Post #3368
All of a sudden you come back from suspension and jump on this thread pinging Jim Robinson.
I don't like that. I think you're trying to get the thread pulled at a minimum...or get some of us busted like you were.
Be a lady and join the conversation. Just wipe your feet.
Cheers. And welcome back to Freeperland.
That is an awfully nauseating stance to take on the murder of an innocent woman.
BTW, what's with calling posters on this thread wusses and such do you think?
I think we're a pretty plain spoken bunch who have no problem whatsoever posting our thoughts on a variety of threads on a variety of topics. Hardly hiding or cowering as some would have it.
It's all so curious, this departure from reality that evidently continues to plague so many here at good old FR...
You got that totally out of context. I addressed two people. Since then, others have addressed me or spoken about me, and I have responded. You may not like what I have to say, but it's the truth. If I wish to tell it to to Jim, I will. If I wish to post it on his forum and he has no objection, I will. You can't silence everyone who supports the right to life.
I thought so. But I am learning not to express an opinion unless it is in accordance with WPPFF's guidelines.
There are some guidelines for some and other guidelines for others. They are quite different.
Be careful BB.
Uh oh - too late!
sp
The rules are quite simply really. If you agree with them, you can do no wrong. If you disagree, you are guilty of personal attacks.
Sometimes it's fun to just sit back and watch them tie themselves up in knots. They say such contradictory things, like "The government has no right to make end of life decisions for people. The court was right to decide Terri wanted to die."
I've been told to stuff it by fellow freepers. i can live with that. But when that person can click a mouse and make me disappear at will, it's unsettling.
It didn't take us that long to hijack the "Terri's Gonna Die on Good Friday..." thread...turn it into a civil discussion and bam...we're banished back here in the smokey room.
Now the same with this thread.
I was freeping that nite when ByerBabe found herself in the crosshairs. It wasn't pretty.
BB
Are you thinking, "Tea for Two?"
Tell me again, how does George Orwell's '1984' end?
And Solyent Green?
sp
In all cases?
So you wouldn't have a problem with any President sending in U.S. Marshalls to interfere with something he believed was immoral?
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