Posted on 01/28/2013 8:10:56 PM PST by Melas
While the title says it all, I thought a goodbye was in order.
While I've been a FReeper for well over a decade, I must declare that it is time to part ways. While I have the greatest respect for a great many of you, the days where I can in good conscience remain silent about the issues that set me apart from the rest of FReeperdom have past. For clarity, or perhaps catharsis, I'm not entirely certain which, I'll lay them out on the table an call the ZOT™ down upon myself.
The racism: I just can't handle it anymore. FR has become increasingly racist since President Obama took office, and enforcement has dropped. Now, not a single crime can be reported with an "amish" comment, and I've yet to see a post express embarrassment or shame when lo and behold sometimes the perpetrators turned out to be lily white.
Homosexuality: FR is on the wrong side of history on this one, and I'll just leave it at that.
Mostly though, it's the hate. More and more posts reference violent solutions to political disagreements. Some subtly couched, others make no pretense. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I read in the morning paper that a FReeper murdered a federal bureaucrat or a federal judge.
I've learned so much, from so many of you, and for that I'm grateful. I genuinely and truly wish all of you well, and sincerely hope you all live out the rest of your lives in happiness.
Melas
>>Comments like, “All blacks are suspicious...they kill” are left standing by the mods and applauded by the sheets.<<
Liar.
Lexi? Sounds like a girl’s name.
>>Reading posts from reasonable people is always a pleasure.<<
I guess lying is “reasonable” in your world.
I think that all too often, people consider a person who sees things differently from them to be a liar.
>>I think that all too often, people consider a person who sees things differently from them to be a liar.<<
We have proof in this very thread the person in question is a liar.
This is not seeing things differently. This is blatant lying. Or do you think that it all depends on what one means by “is?”
If you support lying as reasonableness I think you are on the wrong forum. KOS, HuffPo and DU — 10 doors to the left. Lying is encouraged and supported there, not here.
I detest lying and I saw no proof that the person in question was lying. I just saw accusations.
>>I detest lying and I saw no proof that the person in question was lying.<<
Read again. he specifically made a claim about posts saying “all blacks...” When called out on it he ran like the lying cur he is.
Remember, you are know for the company you keep and support. If you support liars and their lies, what are we to think of you?
And that isn’t hyperbole — that is cold, hard fact.
>>There’s a fine line between lying and hyperbole<<
Only to liberals.
>>If I thought wtc911 and Melas were liars, I wouldn’t support them. It’s academic, though. They’re gone now.<<
wtc lied ON THIS VERY THREAD. And it is far from academic. When you support liars, you live with the result long after they are gone.
The smart move for you is to back-pedal, admit you see THE POSTS ON THIS THREAD THAT PROVE wtc a liar, and apologize to the board.
Is wtc gone? If so, we have one less liar amongst us.
>>Only to liberals.
Sadly, that is not true.<<
Truth is truth and lies are lies. Hyperbole is hyperbole.
The idea of some “fine line” is the same as most liberal talking points about “seeing shades of gray.”
courtesy ping to the liar (the niceties must be observed even for liberal liars).
I thought es said you were gone but I guess we are still stuck with you and your lies.
Seriously, you're a Texan. Therefore, I expect more from you. A lot more.
The racism: I just can't handle it anymore. FR has become increasingly racist since President Obama took office, and enforcement has dropped. Now, not a single crime can be reported with an "amish" comment, and I've yet to see a post express embarrassment or shame when lo and behold sometimes the perpetrators turned out to be lily white.
I get tired of the "amish" comments as well. Race shouldn't be brought into non racial situations. I also get tired of the white guilt as well and a lot of the racism is backlash against the left. Facts are facts. On the same note. I'm not a racist, but a culturalist. Race isn't chosen. Culture can be rejected.
Homosexuality: FR is on the wrong side of history on this one, and I'll just leave it at that.
None of my business as long as it involves consenting adults and I don't have to sanction it. Unfortunately, gays can't leave the kids alone. Schools and Boy Scouts. That's my problem.
Mostly though, it's the hate. More and more posts reference violent solutions to political disagreements. Some subtly couched, others make no pretense. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I read in the morning paper that a FReeper murdered a federal bureaucrat or a federal judge.
Don't attack myself or my family and there won't be a problem. All I demand is to be left alone and not to be made a criminal for no reason. That isn't too much to ask. If my family is attacked, then I'm not going to give a rat's rear end about any law.
Why can’t people silently walk away? Why do they need additional attention?
When the Founding Fathers of this country said, in effect, “our association with the British Empire is finished,” were they cowering, surrendering, or hiding?
Not even applicable. You have stated that our Republic is over. You have surrendered.
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