[Darlin']

pj, I understand where you are coming from. I've been very busy for the last year and have had little time to post but I do try to keep up with the opinions expressed on FR. Unfortunately, the do nothing unappeasables have little to do other than hijack every thread with absurd exaggerations and puffed up delusions of their own importance. Its time consuming to try to wade though the endless steam of stupid threats they're determined to impose on every thread but we cannot allow them to wear us down. Every time I read one of their divisive, arrogant post I know there is a democrat reading the same thing and thinking, YES ! this is great, they are eating their own. What a pity the real "true conservatives" around here are so busy preening and admiring themselves they can't hear the snickering.

[pj_627]

"Every time I read one of their divisive, arrogant post I know there is a democrat reading the same thing and thinking, YES ! this is great, they are eating their own. What a pity the real "true conservatives" around here are so busy preening and admiring themselves they can't hear the snickering."

That is exactly what I think as well. We KNOW they are checking us out. We KNOW the lies they tell about us and what we, as conservatives, stand for. Then we play right into their hands with some of the vitriol posted here.

I am NOT against anyone posting their heart felt convictions and venting against things that they think are not being done right. I believe in freedom of expression, but for crying out loud, the way some folks express themselves is positively hateful.

I am learning, slowly, that I just have to avoid certain topics, or quickly scroll past a handful of posters when reading here.

I can't give up Free Republic. This place gets into your blood, lol. I just have learned to be very selective, and not give into the impulse to answer some of these folks back. I don't want to be on the receiving end of some of the things I've read here.

pattyjo