Yeah, I followed and posted on the mods thread about this topic. I understand the concept..we don’t want to run off newbies who are not trolls. This is one that caused obvious conflict. A little judgement would have helped because there are so many divisions on this topic. A neutral party would have been better I suppose. That’s why I think a private welcoming email should be automatic, with all the tips, helpful advice and links would suffice. The rest of us can say welcome to fr unless they are obvious trolls ...as mentioned by the mods. Thanks jellybean. Had you posted the welcome, this thread wouldn’t have gotten disrupted.
To tell you the truth I didn’t know Buckeye Texan was an anti-birther. I only read the birth certificate threads occasionally just to keep abreast of any developments. I only came to this thread because I received a FReep mail alerting me that we have a new member. Nothing nefarious going on.
Exactly... you are right. It’s the fact that a mod did it and pinged an known troublemaker on these threads. As if Buckeye is the ONLY one that can welcome someone to FR. WTF? It’s not like he’s even a long time member. Something smells fishy and I’m not buying it.