She has come for the Holy Grail, SEIZE HER!
:)
I decided that I needed let my fellow freepers know what I have experienced during my years in Freepville.
1) Inspiration....I have watched women with babies, aging veterans, men and women brave long car rides and inclement weather to be there to make sure that another voice was heard...another opinion is counted. Especially the ever reliable DC chapter that has made answering Code Pink a mission on behalf of all of us.
2) Spunk...I have watched these very same people, at times outnumbered (but boy has that changed lately!!) using logic and facts and a whole lot of humor to easily outwit the left. Little Freepers get a microphone shoved in their face and rising to the occasion.
3) Class....I have seen these very same foot soldiers screamed at, sworn at, even physically assaulted by the so-called "peaceful" left and yet manage to maintain decorum. At times even monitoring and censoring some of our own when passions threaten to overshadow our overall mission.
4) Fun...I have had so much fun on my Freeps that, given the choice, my children would rather come with me than just about anything else. As my 8 year old said when asked if she wanted to go to a birthday party or come with me to counter an anti-war protest, she said, "I'd much rather heckle hippies with you mom."
5) Growth....I have learned so much from my fellow freepers. I don't always agree with everything that is posted here, but I have come to rely on the consistency of knowing that opinions and views will be presented, debated, researched and digested by many, many intelligent freepers and I am sure to learn something new every day.
6) Comfort....when I was a stay at home mom when I had babies, there were times I felt very disconnected with the world. Knowing that FR was my version of the office water cooler kept me connected and informed and help stave off some of the cobwebs in my sleep deprived mother's brain. And I have watched prayers requested and answered in our little online community and I am comforted in knowing that people here care.
7) Relief...relief that after a lifetime of watching the left control college campuses, the MSM, Hollywood etc., there was finally an active, spunky, humorous group to counter and educate and tweak....what a relief!!
8) Bravery...many freepers brave the scorn and downright meanness of family, co-workers and fellow citizens in their freeping. Many are one man freeps that most of us never hear about but I am convinced make a difference.
9) Wonder....a sense of wonder in the adage that one person really can make a difference. Jim R. was one person who wanted to make sure his voice was heard, and in have the cajones to make it happen...and it the process made tens of thousands of voices heard...and changed the face of the internet forever...
10) Excitement....at knowing that there is so much more work to be done and I will have the enjoyment of having many good people to work with.
Every once in a great while I look at DU. I am not sure why, I suppose it is like watching a trainwreck or a scary movie. You know it is horrid, and yet you look. What stikes me when I read 95% of what is posted there is how angry and bitter the tone is there. And how tragic it must be to live with those people as your "teammates". How depressing it must be to be that empty and angry all the time. How many complaints they have and how few solutions they offer.
It reminds me of a conversation I had with someone who is in the process of divorce from someone who seems insistant on make every step painful and ugly and punitive. He said, "She is just so angry." And I shuddered at the thought of living my life that way. So consumed by hate it blinds you to reason, blinds you to kindness, hate that oozes from your pores and, like a fungus, grows on everything you touch.
I suppose this is just my annual thank you to my fellow freepers for helping me learn and laugh and worry together.
Stop making those big puppy dog eyes at me.
Yup! Now I KNOW I'm supposed to be here. Thanks!
Kudos.
Nice post! Now will you show us your warthog please? ;@)
You pretty much summed up EXACTLY how I felt back in 1998 when I happened across FreeRepublic. Actually I believe I heard about FreeRepublic from Rush Limbaugh.
Regards,
(Hmmm . . . "post in your pajamas" . . . maybe I better rephrase that. . . .)
That needs to become your tagline;)
Thanks for your 'shameless vanity'......to which I add my DITTO & BTTT
You GO Girl!!!!!
If ya flash him that warthog, the Snackbar Moderator'll dump some extra butter on for ya...
And hilaryrhymeswithrich (what a great moniker, LOL,) THANK YOU for this thread. You are SO right.
I agree with you 100%. Nice vanity, my FRiend.
Ditto what she said.
Especially the comfort part. As some Freepers know, the last couple of years have been very tough on me and my family. FR has been a wonderful source of prayer, information, humor..... I could go on and on.
day10
Camaraderie, the freshest news, and my dear fiancee.
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Nice post hilaryrhymeswithrich.
Totally agree.