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Why Did Free Republic Remove My Post (The REAL Way to COURAGE)?
YouTube ^ | 7/19/20 | Patrick Rooney

Posted on 07/19/2020 8:39:29 AM PDT by rebuildus

Note: This is an "Unlisted" video--meant for the consideration of my brothers and sisters on Free Republic.

I'm a long-time Freeper (20 years +), and love the site. I have great respect for Jim Robinson, and some others here. But something is missing these days at FR. Is it connected to the erosion of Christianity in our culture?

I had a post pulled recently, and have had a lot of pushback lately regarding some basic truths that should NOT be controversial. Now I see that last night's post was pulled. Why did the Mods remove it? ("The Real Way To Courage")

The reason given was "clickbait." No clickbait involved. I posted it to help the conservative movement, not to hustle up some fake views. Courage is something in short supply in our movement overall (with some obvious exceptions, including Jim), and we must find true courage or die--yes, it's that serious.

Understanding what I discussed in my last video is crucial to the future of our movement, and our nation! What has happened to our nation? What has happened to FreeRepublic?

(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...


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1 posted on 07/19/2020 8:39:29 AM PDT by rebuildus
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To: rebuildus

Depends on the ‘mod’ I guess. I’ve had stuff vanish without explanation and I’ve also been suspended for “Learn to search” even though I did in fact search. Price of brilliance ?


2 posted on 07/19/2020 8:42:08 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rebuildus

Did you post it in breaking news?


3 posted on 07/19/2020 8:52:28 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: rebuildus

How to contact admin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3845014/posts

Putting Admin Moderator into ‘To:’, is probably a good way to go.


4 posted on 07/19/2020 8:54:25 AM PDT by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: rebuildus

Hahaha. Wait. You put a video of yourself on YouTube asking why your post was removed from Free Republic? That’s comedy gold!


5 posted on 07/19/2020 8:54:48 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: rebuildus

Things would have been different if you had included a link to a cat video...


6 posted on 07/19/2020 8:54:49 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: rebuildus

Here’s something constructive: Learn to wear a T-shirt properly. 8~)


7 posted on 07/19/2020 8:57:24 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: rebuildus

“youtu.be” is NOT “youtube”


8 posted on 07/19/2020 8:59:06 AM PDT by gatex (NRA, and Gun Owners of America)
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To: rebuildus

Two things: and if my posts does not appear in your timeline I am gone from this forum...
first I would like to see your video and removal of it from this site is very concerning.
......Also concerning is lack of or inability for recourse or contact to a mod or a way of redress. Or simply put a way to contact mods.
Further this situation causes me to consider leaving this forum completely...... When I see a video that is not of questionable content simply removed it causes me to rethink their motives.......
...... Hence I now consider if I should actually leave this forum which I have loved for years. ....
..also this video is not viewable by me as I am not going to sign in to you tube to watch it. Google is a no no to me. .....
So I may actually leave this forum. ...
..... Would love to see your video so I suppose I will go elsewhere to look at posts and occasionally make one myself.


9 posted on 07/19/2020 8:59:32 AM PDT by harpolemond (And yes. Truth will always set you free)
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To: rebuildus

Meh.

Private property.


10 posted on 07/19/2020 9:02:17 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: harpolemond
You've made eight posts here, and in this one you threatened to leave four times.

Let's just say I've been through a little bit more than you have on this site, and I'm still here. I actually did step away for about a year and a half, maybe you should give that a try.

But I'm still here.

11 posted on 07/19/2020 9:05:36 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: rebuildus
I got zotted once for posting the same Michelle Obama joke twice. I didn't realize it had been deleted by the moderator the first time, I just thought that I hadn't posted it correctly. A few months later others were posting the same joke over and over again. I was just ahead of my time.

It is a site that is moderated by very conscientious people, but all people make mistakes or have problems with content that others do not find offensive.

12 posted on 07/19/2020 9:05:50 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: gatex
“youtu.be” is NOT “youtube”

Youtu.be was created by Google as a new URL shortener specifically designed for YouTube video links. It's a Google maintained service, youtu.be links always redirect to YouTube and not elsewhere, like rogue sites that host malware.

14 posted on 07/19/2020 9:13:53 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: rebuildus

Anybody that whines about the mods has never been one and FYI youtube videos are clickbait.


15 posted on 07/19/2020 9:21:48 AM PDT by SanchoP (We're passed the biological softening up and beginning the open warfare strategy. WAKE UP!!)
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To: harpolemond

How can we miss you when you won’t go away?


16 posted on 07/19/2020 9:29:06 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: rebuildus

You are smart and helpful, but so are plenty of others here.

Thread pulling seems to be up to the moderator of the moment. I don’t have a problem with your threads, but when PJ Comix has had his own ongoing issues with threads being pulled (and he publishes on NewsBusters, as well), you can be pulled, as well.

I have had threads and posts removed and been on timeout for a week at a time. It has happened less as time has gone on and I also donated to the site.


17 posted on 07/19/2020 9:30:33 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Bruiser 10

It is a problem here. The mods are anonymous and unreachable.

I almost quit last year when I was arguing with someone and had my posts deleted by some moderator - but NONE of the posts attacking the point I was trying to make were removed. Clearly, that particular moderator didn’t agree with my position and dealt with it exactly as a liberal would - by simply removing it from sight and not allowing my position to be heard.

But this IS supposed to be a discussion board, right?

I think if the moderators are going to delete people’s posts (or, in this case a video) they should have the common courtesy of sending a note to the person whose post they’re removing and tell them why.

As someone else pointed out earlier, the video in question could have been removed for something as simple as having been posted in the wrong category.


18 posted on 07/19/2020 9:34:22 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Pravious

... and, by the way, the “clickbait” assertion is BS. The fact that a video is on YouTube doesn’t make it “clickbait.”


19 posted on 07/19/2020 9:36:49 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: gatex
“youtu.be” is NOT “youtube”

You are wrong.

20 posted on 07/19/2020 10:01:41 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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