Read the following Statement by the Founder of Free Republic if you have any questions on what is and is not tolerated.
If you really are independent and interested in political dialogue, you will enjoy your stay. If, on the other hand, you are a liberal troll attempting to disrupt the forum, your stay will be short-lived.
Hey VRW. I'll say upfront that some of my views are liberal in nature or liberal leaning, but I am most certainly not a troll. As I understand it, a troll is someone who isn't interested in actual debate but just wants to spam forums with a bunch of rubbish. I'm not here to do that and have never done that on any other forum that I've posted on. I hope that if I express a viewpoint that is liberal in nature, it is not taken as trolling, but rather simply as my opinion. Which is, also, open to change.
I try to hold opinions that are based on facts. I don't particularly care what the truth of an issue is, but rather just that I am on the truth's side. If I find that I am not, I change positions for the better. If I don't have enough information to come to a conclusion, I simply hold that I don't yet know what my opinion is. This is where I stand and I hope to be a value member here.