“THIS WILL BE MY FINAL NASCAR THREAD REGARDING NASCAR ON FREE REPUBLIC.”
Hmmm. Maybe that means those of us (plural) who were previously driven off by WCG can finally come back.
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Good to see you posting, fideist, hope your son and family are well.
You and the plurals weren’t driven off, wasn’t worth the waste of fuel at the time. You were asked to rein it in and when unable to do so, asked to lurk or start your own thread.
Names may get dropped off the ping list but I don’t banish anyone as a rule and if getting disinvited from a thread like this has caused you such anguish and despair until a certain someone else leaves, my my . Still, you want to participate on the thread, Great! Have at it!
All that was asked was folks to take it offline or rein it in when the urge to let ‘it’ rip, but Nope, some just can’ do that. That’s when the wheels come off.
Personality clashes disrupt the flow of the thread and don’t add anything to the racing, imo. Lately we border on having more victimhood and vitriol on display than racing.
Enough already ..
Pit or get off the shot.
FR Nascar race Thread road disclaimer..
This thread is for fans of Nascar and was started to Support Our Troops and have a regular place to watch and catch-up on Nascar activity year-round.
It was started 6 years ago and intended to be a fun place for those that enjoy Nascar racing and allow them to have a place at FR where fans can gather on race day to follow along and discuss the race.
This is an all volunteer FR operation and takes no funds from anyone and has no Nascar or sponsor affiliation. It is a family friendly thread and bickering and nitpicking and cussing each other out is highly discouraged here.
It was also started so our military members and families could also drop in and get info and recaps on race results and other goings on in Nascar.
It is NOT a political thread, at least not in off election years and posting of personal political views and rumors re: Nascar and/or drivers is highly discouraged and blatant attempts to stir up controversy will NOT be tolerated.
If you feel the urge building to let it rip or really have to taunt or get peed-off at someone over their driver’s actions or such, Please Take it elsewhere or OFFLINE! I know folks say things in the heat of the moment, a simple apology usually does the trick or we can delete the post.
If you wish to bash, bang on or just say nasty things for the sake of stirring things up about teams and drivers, I recommend you NOT do it without realizing it throws the threads off kilter and I may have to Red Flag the thread and eject the stirrers.;-).
This is a race thread and we all usually have a good time doing the usual banter over the teams and such, just KEEP IT CIVIL!!!
If ya have to repeat your same ‘arguments’ 100 times over, Please Give us ALL a break!
Stuff happens on the track , what looks like one driver’s fault ain’t always the case, so be prudent before ya lambaste or make a comment that isn’t well-thoughtout and respectful to all the thread occupants or is a clear jab or insult.
Posting of inappropriate pictures used in a taunting manner will also result in your post(s) being pulled. This is a family friendly thread, please keep that in mind. There are plenty of other threads to practice your witticisms or haf-witticisms as the case may be. If folks want to start there own race thread, be our guest, we have quite a few regulars that won’t mind, I’m sure.
Please keep the thread on topic as much as possible during the race. We post the current race positions and discussion of what is happening in the race for those that may not have the TV in the same room as the computer. Or, in some instances some may not even have the viewing channel available on their cable.
Also, it seems a few feel like certain drivers get short-shrift while others get preferential treament on the threads. Big frickin’ deal!!! Get over it already. Stuff happens. If you don’t feel the thread is your cup of tea, do us all a favor and move on. No one is forcing you to view or post here.
Beating each other silly doesn’t change a thing that happened and only sullies the thread.
Those who feel this disclaimer limits race analysis and such just need to hone their skills. We do a lot of analysis, just keep it above 5th grade level and cut the whine out.
Obviously folks will see events differently for different reasons when events happen on the track, rather than treating it like life or death, take what good you can from it and try not bashing others with the bad. We are all family, like it or not.
Thanks.. NR
Norm, please check the link WCG provided above -- IT WASN'T THE NASCAR THREAD!!! It was a different thread! I have always obeyed the rules within this thread.
I am a DEI fan. On this moderated NASCAR thread with rules WCG was calling DEI "TEI." She was calling Teresa a "witch," "wicked stepmother," and those were the nice things! No one said a thing.
On a different non-moderated thread without rules, I got bashed by you and other regulars for calling Junior "a traitor" and Rick Hendrick "a Clintonista" and I got kicked out of the FRFL and off the Ping list!
I made it clear on that other non-moderated thread that my intent was to defend DEI. THAT WAS ALL. You don't want to hear me bash your favorite driver or team? It is easy -- don't bash mine! "What is good for the goose should be good for the ganderette." To this day ten months later I fail to see why that simple, SIMPLE logic is lost on some members here.
Now look since my return here. WCG has compared me to a "jerk coming out from under my rock," and "a problem maker." Those aren't "personal attacks?" Think about that -- I was kicked out of the FRFL and off the ping list for hurting someone's feelings bashing their driver on an unmoderated thread without rules. And yet that same person is allowed to attack me personally on the moderated thread with rules!
And let me be clear, I don't care what she says! I am not blind, I can see what she is. And I can take it just like I can dish it. But I am a principled person and do care about fairness and justice. And please apply the rules fairly, or don't apply them at all.