I've read enough of Jim Robinson's posts — not copies-and-pastes by other people, but by Jim Robinson in his own words posted from his own account — that I think you do in fact reflect his position against people
1) posting excerpts instead of full text, unless required by a copyright claim, and
2) posting anything from blogs, even full text, in the news section without prior permission to do so.
Humblegunner, it's pretty obvious that I don't think your tone is helpful, but that's not relevant here. In this thread your opponents are using language which is just as strong.
It's also not really fair to pick on what TheOldLady wrote here because others have said similar things: “Mr. Robinson is one man, and his time is better spent taking care of his own business. He does not have time to babysit the bloggers’ forum, and he has delegated that authority, in writing, to humblegunner.”
However, if Jim Robinson has not “delegated that authority, in writing, to humblegunner” it does not help to say that he has done so.
Mistakes happen. I'm not trying to jump on anyone here, just saying that honest mistakes do happen, and when they happen they need to be corrected when it's possible to do so.
I only have three, this one is the most social.
but that's not relevant here
Why bring it up?
The issue is simplicity itself:
I dislike blogpimps abusing Free Republic and will speak out about it.
What need is there for debate over this? It seems quite clear to me.
Yeah, we all know there are regular readers from Huffington Post, Democratic Underground, Daily Kos, etc., who come here. Yeah, we all know that they sometimes impersonate conservatives with trollish comments. I suspect that idiot who was posting stuff about low-functioning kids “drooling” on regular kids in the classroom and suggesting eugenics was a troll who came here because he wanted to see if he could get people to agree with him. What happened instead was that he got zotted by Jim Robinson as a crypto-Nazi. Hip, Hip, Hooray! Whether he was a leftist troll or a guy from Stormfront who really believes that garbage, he doesn't belong here.
But that's not the normal person who posts.
I'd be a lot happier if we could reserve our fire and our anger for people who bring conservative positions into disgrace. We need to make it clear to everybody that such people do not represent conservative views.
Most of the rest of the people here, even if they make mistakes, are well-intentioned. This isn't basic training, so a “shark attack” by a group of drill sergeants isn't necessarily the best way to force change, even with somebody who may need an attitude adjustment.
I really do believe there are people who don't understand they're doing anything wrong. Honey usually works better than vinegar with such people.