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Hey, most of them have complained mightily about the way we run this joint. Some say it's too extreme, others say it's too Republican, others say we delete too much, others say we don't delete enough. Some say there should be no-holds-barred, others get upset if they're flamed or cussed at. Well, I came to the conclusion a while back that I can't please everyone, so I please myself. And I've often said that if you don't like the way the place is managed, there's nothing stopping you from going out and starting one of your own. They did. Several did. There have been dozens of start ups spun off FR. Some are better than others, some are successful and some fall by the wayside. But they all, each in their own peculiar way, share the particular quirks and traits of their founders. And that's the way it should be. It's a big world out there on the Internet. Something for everyone.

It's a big world out there on the Internet.

Amen to that. I notice a lot of folks sitting on there butts here lately and not posting much if anything in the way of articles and such but are all too willing to snipe away at others that support conservative causes and are proud to do so. Rather, they sit and smugly pass judgement and cast aspersions and belittle others beliefs in irrelevant things like principles and consistency in one's beliefs.

I guess it is just that evolution thing working its way thru this place or maybe its devolution. Some seem to have grown quite content being their own forms of moderators by ripping others a new one because we aren't as inclusive of moderate values and such.

It is so easy to destroy but very hard to construct a "perfect" thing or strive to maintain a conservative focus, as a result. Kudos to you and the AMs, Jim, for taking your own best shot at it.

To those of you who want perfection or things your way so badly, maybe you are in the wrong place is what I would offer when you act as you do and say what you say and pay no personal consequence for either.

I could give out lists , and Lord knows, have hit the abuse button enough times ,myself, to no avail. I didn't get a sore neck from shaking my head as the ones I thought were in need of some time in the cooler were left to continue their own ,what I saw as, suspect, mean-spirited, questionable and clique-like behavior.

Yup. It is a big internet out there. I have a feeling that is where some less inclined to speak up for fear of being lambasted by moderate forces that would claim FR as their own have gone, and we are diminished as a whole because of that, imo.

Hey, most of them have complained mightily about the way we run this joint.

From reading that long, histrionic LP thread (thanks, now I need a shower), it seems to me that the major source of their outrage is that anyone would be so foolish as to dare run this site differently from the way *they* think it should be run... (and that any of us "misguided" posters would be so blind as to prefer it here instead of over there.)

That's always been my assumption Jim.

I always wondered, though; actually more like suspected.
How do you handle the crybabies who go running to the mods or to you constantly because their inanities are not esteemed as much as they think they should be?

The egos... the demands for answers... the hissy fits when they are ignored... do we really need to coddle losers like those?
I thought this was an adult forum.