Is it great that he is using Free Republic as nothing more than a free advertising tool?
Like a dirtbag thief? Yeah. Great.
"Like" a "dirtbag thief"?
There are laws (and policies) against theft.
If the poster of this article is in violation of either the law or the site policies, then there are provisions for addressing that issue—such as the disgruntled FR member who has taken offense clicking on the "Abuse" button, thereby inducing a moderator to delete the improperly-excerpted article.
If instead the poster of this article is acting within the constraints of the site owner's guidelines—such as properly posting this excerpted blog content to "Blogs & Personal", then the overwhelming majority of the members of this community have no issue with it. Indeed, as we have seen, some members are even positively inclined to giving the poster traffic to their resource. It's simply a matter of whether the poster is being reasonable or abusive in their actions.
So knock yourself out—but learn the meaning of the term "theft". I'm not aware of any coercion or fraud perpetrated by the originator of this thread. If the blog excerpt isn't of interest, there's no requirement to click to see the rest of the article—and if it is sufficiently interesting, then—gasp—clicking to read more remains entirely voluntary...
No worse than when some posts a story from the Washington Post and we click on the link to read that story. At least we are supporting someone who thinks like us and the increase in their readership helps that site.
And how you stink up Free Republic, bumblegummer>