Posted on 11/06/2004 8:59:29 PM PST by gbchriste
Besides, it's Saturday night and it ain't like we're overwhelmed with news and new articles. Give gb a break. Hell, I might even post my own vanity about spending a beautiful fall afternoon walking my golden retriever.
I'm plenty old enough to remember those times. I also hold a bachelors degree in political science with an emphasis in American government and political institutions, and am a 26 year veteran of the Air Force.
A warm welcome to you!
With all due respect,just WHY is it,with ALL of that background,have YOU posted such a juvenile,seemingly ill educated thread?
I didn't write 'em, I just reported them. and "worth" is a highly elusive term when it comes to tuh-RAY-zuh, but I'm not going to quibble with you about $400 billion . . . it's chump change :o
Of course, some of 'em are just plain old sanctimonious assholes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1273060/posts
might be worth a look. The DUmmies are losing their minds.
If you are the real deal and tough enough to continue posting, people will lighten up.
We have had a huge influx of trolls this week, so everyone is suspicious.
As for the DU posting, they crack me up. I have been tempted to post a few myself the past few days, but I am too skeeeerred! LOL
Juvenille and ill-educated in what way? It was a slightly sarcastic way to say that thanks to FR, I discovered an extremely dark underbelly to the far left that I knew was out there but had never before experienced in their own words.
When you mean something sarcastically,always use th FR preferred (/sarcasm) at the end of the sentence/s or reply.
If you just wanted to thank FR...add such a message to an extant thread;GOD knows there are plenty of threads about the election and DU,to chose from! And FWIW...even the best of vanities,which your's most assuredly is not,are usually frowned on here.
The letters to the editor of the N.Y. Post and many other news papers,from cretinous Liberals,since the election,have been as dreadful as the lunatic postings to FR! Any newspaper reader didn't need FR to know how depressed,psychotic,and deranged these crazies are.
Thanks for the encouragement. I am tough enough and can easily hold my own in any debate. But quite frankly I've got better ways to spend my time than agonizing over and defending every post that someone else thinks doesn't rise to the appropriate level of erudition
My first impression that FR was a place for civil discourse between like-minded people was obviously mistaken. The cranky snobs can have my bandwidth back. I don't need it or want it.
Yep, they're Skerry.
I'm new too (only been around a few months), but I'm scared as hell to post anything because I see "newbies" getting jumped on all the time. I must admit that I've looked at DU (haven't we all) and I'd love to talk about some of the unbelievable crap that comes from that site. They are so nasty to each other and I don't want to see stuff like that at FreeRepublic. I think we can talk to each other and disagree with each other in a much more civil way than those imbeciles at DU.
I guess I'm just asking politely that you give us new guys a break. After all, we want to encourage people to join the conservative movement, not scare the crap out of them!
I am not one who gives newbies a hard time unless there is no chance that they are legit. But some people do. Many others don't. We all have to live with it is all. And of course I fully recomend that great care be taken by newer posters in what they post. Mainly be careful that you don't trash the "Icons" of the forum(ie the forum,those who manage it, Bush Republicans, conservatives) that sort of thing. When you are new it sends up a red flag. OH and avoid vanitys(article posts). Too many people here hate them. Hope that helps.
Welcome to FR :)
By just reading threads,we got to understand how FR works,which posters we agreed with,which ones we didn't,who knew their stuff and who didn't. We learned the ways of FR,the inside slang/words/phrases/jokes,and were prepared,when we finally got up the nerve to actually post something.
The owner of this site has repeatedly,over the past several years,with the massive increase of newbies,posted thread after thread after thread about 1) DO NOT POST VANITIES! 2)and all the rest of the rules here.
Frankly,FR is NOT some finishing school...it is a rough and tumble place where you had better be able to substantiate your facts (you really better have FACTS,BTW..."feelings"/uneducated opinions count for less than nothing here!),know how to debate,when needed,and if you have a thin skin,this is NOT a place to be.And what some see as arrogance or incivility,others see as knowledge...unless shown by some cretinous know-it-all,who know NOTHING,but are just blowhards.
And not to put too fine a point on it,yes,FREEPERS have ALWAYS given newbies a hard time,at first,to see if they can hack it here.This site has had trolls and disruptors from the beginning! One had to be sued,in court,in real life,to get rid of.Another used to hack into this site so badly,that he took it down repeatedly.
FreeRepublic is primarily a NEWS and INFORMATION forum,where articles and editorials are discussed and debated.This is NOT some chat room,though it has lately been expanded to include such a forum within this forum.The old timers have literally been through the wars here and the latest influx of newbies,who think that everyone is just waiting with bated breath,for their latest vanity,more often than not posted to News/activism,have become worse than an "ASH ALERT" (go look that up in FR's archives)once was.
Helpful hint...........DON'T EVER LECTURE US HOW TO BEHAVE,NOR TELL US WHAT TO DO;YOU HAVEN'T THE RIGHT...ONLY THE OWNER AND THE MODS DO!
Welcome to FR. :-)
(Also, although someone will almost always know something about something, this place is increasingly filled with inaccurate posts/comments. Fact check anything you read here, just like anywhere else on the net)
Well, they certainly do have their moments.
regards,
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