What is the "Biker Bar" category for, and why does it have a "warning" message at the top?
The "Biker Bar" category was initially established for Free Republic topics which attracted a crowd of people that were predominantly interested in discussing only Free Republic.
Later, because comments made there tended to be of high volume crowding out the comment listings, we began screening those comments from the "Latest Comments" page as it was deemed beneficial to the rest of the forum's topics (which we are most interested in promoting).
Later still, because other topics not directly related to FR were emerging there, we renamed it to "Biker Bar", and added the "Caution" message and a reminder of our disclaimer, and adopted a reduced set of rules for that section.
A small amount of content within the "Biker Bar" section can be very insulting and abrasive. Many of the people posting there are already familiar with each other from times and places long before this forum existed. Some have unresolved questions and issues related to past events and other organizations, and that area has been set aside for them to discuss their particular issues. Since those issues generally have a very narrow base of interested members, it is set apart from the rest of the forum so that those interested in it can visit it, and those that are not can easily ignore it.
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