DU Tactics at FreeRepublic

FreeRepublic | 4/3/07 | Reaganesque

[mplsconservative]

It’s not necessarily a Freeper adding those keywords.

Anyone, including a DU troll, can add a keyword. I’ve seen some doozies in my time here. I hit abuse and alert the mods to the really foul ones.

[cardinal4]

Sounds like Rudy bots. I was attacked on a Rudy thread once for voicing skepticism about him. Hell, Ill probably end up voting for him if he is the candidate, but some folks here have already knighted, crowned and canonized him to the point where anyone who questions his conservative credentials is an idiot..

[Txsleuth]

To tell you the truth...I haven’t even lurked on candidate threads for a while because of the childish taunts and name-calling.

I know that I am adult enough to make up my own mind..I don’t need to be spammed to death...and anyone that puts those infantile keywords on any thread deserves a suspension, IMHO.

[KevinDavis]

Or the Thompson bots, I was attacked for asking questions about Fred Thompson...

[mplsconservative]

keywords are uncalled for

I use them all the time when searching for articles on a particular topic.

[Reaganesque]

See response #40.

[LeGrande]

And to be technical, mainstream Christianity does consider Mormonism to be a cult. The word has bad connotations, but if taken as a neutral term, that is what Mormonism is considered by many denominations of Christianity.

What is your religion?

[WOSG]

Personally I find the “RapesKids” label about 100 times more offensive than a “WarProfiteering” label, although both are slanders.

I hope abusive labellers get banned. That is beyond the pale.

[skateman]

I think your thread to be overkill, just complain to the mods, have the offending posts and or keywords removed and be done.

[WOSG]

“I’m still window shopping and would love to see substantive debates between the candidates. “

First debate in May. Should be interesting.

[darkangel82]

Pickle puffers? Lmao.

[maui_hawaii]

That calls for another BUMP.

Admittedly I try to avoid those threads too, but from time to time I speak up when I feel certain posts are out of bounds.

[PAR35]

Hit the abuse button. Mods can tell who adds keywords.

[IslandJeff]

This is some run of the mill jerk, not rudy's pickle puffers

LOL. You've eased up on us a little, FA.

[mplsconservative]

Thanks. The abuse button is sometimes our friend.

[RegulatorCountry]

I believe the moderators can tell who adds keywords

I can recall several instances over the past couple of years, of games being played with keywords. Some appeared intended to harass a particular poster, some were meant to discredit a particular author, topic or political figure, and some were added by the person who posted the article, in an effort to gain sympathy ... playing a sort of "keyword victim." Not only do the mods know who added the keywords, they are able to identify them by IP address, if need be.

[SandRat]

When George Romney was Gov of Michigan the Detroit Free Press was equally as vile and when Gov G. Romney announced that he was running for the Presidency oh brother did the Old Media go DU about his having been born in Mexico. They (the Old Media) forgot to mention that it was as a result of his parents being there as the US Ambassador and Wife to Mexico and then they had the audacity to be Mormon,... how dare anyone defend them.

It takes all types no matter what the endeavor and sometimes the wrong types get prominence. When that happens their ego gets the best of them.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“These idiots are legion on the Giuliani threads, too. It’s a sign of desperation and cowardice IMO.”

Yup - the liberal gun-grabbing abortion approving excusemeisters rudybots.

[ilovew]

That’s so stupid and childish. There are a lot of candidates I don’t plan to support but I don’t think any of them are the antichrist.