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It is time. My opus
Self | 1-28-2013 | melas

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


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To: wtc911

>>Comments like, “All blacks are suspicious...they kill” are left standing by the mods and applauded by the sheets.<<

Liar.


521 posted on 02/03/2013 11:24:40 AM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: freedumb2003; Revolting cat!

Lexi? Sounds like a girl’s name.


522 posted on 02/03/2013 11:26:15 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Fiji Hill; freedumb2003
Did I hear somebody say "Lexi"?


523 posted on 02/03/2013 11:31:05 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: EveningStar

>>Reading posts from reasonable people is always a pleasure.<<

I guess lying is “reasonable” in your world.


524 posted on 02/03/2013 11:36:07 AM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: freedumb2003

I think that all too often, people consider a person who sees things differently from them to be a liar.


525 posted on 02/03/2013 2:19:16 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar

>>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.


526 posted on 02/03/2013 3:02:14 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: freedumb2003

I detest lying and I saw no proof that the person in question was lying. I just saw accusations.


527 posted on 02/03/2013 4:29:54 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: freedumb2003
Lying is encouraged and supported there, not here.
There's a fine line between lying and hyperbole, and that line can be easily crossed in moments of anger and hysteria.
528 posted on 02/03/2013 5:06:24 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar

>>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.


529 posted on 02/03/2013 5:14:49 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: EveningStar

>>There’s a fine line between lying and hyperbole<<

Only to liberals.


530 posted on 02/03/2013 5:15:55 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: freedumb2003
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?
If I thought wtc911 and Melas were liars, I wouldn't support them. It's academic, though. They're gone now.
531 posted on 02/03/2013 5:43:17 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: freedumb2003
>>There’s a fine line between lying and hyperbole<<

Only to liberals.

Sadly, that is not true. I wish it were. In my twenty years of reading the Internet, I've seen many people on our side who play fast and loose with the truth. :(
532 posted on 02/03/2013 5:48:40 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar

>>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.


533 posted on 02/04/2013 3:09:09 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: EveningStar

>>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.”


534 posted on 02/04/2013 3:12:18 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: wtc911; EveningStar

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.


535 posted on 02/04/2013 3:14:43 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: freedumb2003; wtc911
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.

Grow up. He's neither a liberal nor a liar. Anyway please read this. His profile is still there but he can't post.

Seriously, you're a Texan. Therefore, I expect more from you. A lot more.

536 posted on 02/04/2013 8:15:52 PM PST by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: Melas
Frankly, I've never understood the reason to opus. If I leave, I just walk away for awhile. I'm not that important. Or I'll do what my friend did and just walk away completely as he was becoming rather well known in politics and didn't want to draw the attention due to some of the more zealous posters here.

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.

537 posted on 02/04/2013 8:29:08 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: Melas

Why can’t people silently walk away? Why do they need additional attention?


538 posted on 02/04/2013 8:33:49 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (Carry a Gun, It's a Lighter Burden Than Regret)
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To: DJ MacWoW

When the Founding Fathers of this country said, in effect, “our association with the British Empire is finished,” were they cowering, surrendering, or hiding?


539 posted on 02/04/2013 9:15:16 PM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: LifeComesFirst

Not even applicable. You have stated that our Republic is over. You have surrendered.


540 posted on 02/04/2013 9:44:31 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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