No, no - you keep all the points after the name change. In fact, the name's already been changed, and we're still truckin' along, so it's all good :)
This is actually a lemonade out of lemons situation then.
We change the name to "The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy", use crying baby logo instead of free republic logo. Points are maintained.
Papa Smurf wins because this actually has much broader appeal than the free republic name -- there are many right additional right wing conspiracy(heh) sites out there which would be willing to contribute. Problem solved as far as I am concerned.
Only thing is we'd have to keep a lower profile here, does that only mean avoiding technical group, or does that mean no posting on this subject here at all?
Thanks, that had me scared.