[OWK]

Sure. FR began w/o moderation and grew to a certain critical mass. Those who were here when it became necessary to do something to get this place under control can well remember that it was becoming a potential cesspool. Since anyone could, basically post anything, well, they did.

There was a time when one might have successfully argued that better control of legitimate spam, profanity, and personal abuse were necessary on FR.

But "moderation" has become much more than that here. It has become an opportunity for those with their fingers on the button, to prosecute old grudges, control discussion, suppress ideas they can't defend against, and to generally sanitize FR against what they consider to be "impure thought".

Hence FR moves closer and closer to a mutual admiration society...

And then the infighting and backstabbing starts among the moderators themselves, as they struggle for power, and whisper seditious nonsense into Jim's ear.

Silly... but it happens.

[don-o]

Help me out here.

If there is a better forum than Free Republic, why are you not there? Lucianne has hers, my wife likes that.

You have an ideal in mind. Why don't you create it?

Otherwise, quitchabellyaching.