I looked at the thread and there was plenty to be offended with--starting with the thread post. But, with respect to your specific contention of someone yelling "treason," it ain't there. I did read the whole thread. In addition to the offensive post you noted by nav, I saw that one freeper (fl) took the first swat at another (mistakenly), then posted something else at post 18 that was deleted, and that post #78 refers to a previous dust-up between the two freepers in question (fl/nav) on another thread that has since been deleted. In short, I wouldn't even attempt to guess what that discussion history was about, but I would assume that there was a whole lot more behind it than what you or I can view today. To continue to use that thread as the basis for some changed tone at FR is inappropriate--that behavior isn't common from what I've seen. That said, the poster did not go unchallenged and did apologize. People have a way of working out their differences without other folks dragging their dirty laundry around for them.
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Excellent post, calcowgirl.
My issue is with post #75. Why is questioning a serviceman's loyalty allowed, when the argument that might explain the personal feud has been deleted? And isn't it against FR rules to carry such personal feuds from thread to thread?
No, if freeplancee made a mistake about someone's signup date -- and he did -- there is a way to call attention to the mistake -- and someone did. And freep apologised.
I would have not brought this up except that someone on this thread has been arguing that the military is a back burner issue in the upcoming election. Since we are in the middle of a war, are the democrats are in the process of providing aid and comfort to the enemy, I think otherwise. I used a particular post showing disrespect to a serviceman in Iraq as an example of something that would not be tolerated on the FR I remember.