Although I've only been here a year I've had the same experience. You pretty much have to be an in-your-face jerk or post something *really* over the top to get zotted.
If this weren't true then threads like this one we're on wouldn't happen nearly every day. So many people would get zotted that this kind of dissent wouldn't exist. But it does.
So in real life zotting is mostly based on behavior and *not* viewpoint except for the extremes. And the definition of "extreme" is pretty well understood by the FReeper community and enforced by Jim and his mods.
Exactly. They’re trying to paint this forum as being as bad or almost as bad as DU. Nothing is further from the truth.
But even conservatives have varying and dissimilar issues which they stand firm on. Those certain issues are not up for debate or wavering on if you really ARE conservative, IMO. Less government interferance and control is the main issue and from what I’ve read and seen, Mitt Romney does not adhere to that criteria. Ergo, the “”bashing””. My question is, since when is posting facts, truths and a candidate’s OWN WORDS considered bashing?
It’s not narrow-minded to hold out for a solid conservative (like Sarah Palin). It’s just good, logical common sense.