Posted on 04/10/2009 6:10:22 PM PDT by pctech
I am leaving Free Republic. After I post this message I will not come back and most likely ask the moderator to remove my account.
You may ask why. Today I posted a copy of a letter I received from an anti-terrorism officer in the United States Air Force. It was received through official channels but was not classified or top secret and I was granted permission to share it. It was an article concerning the possibility of a terrorist attack on American soil and it was pulled because, and I quote "Proven incorrect on snopes."
This is one time I am disagreeing with the moderator and his/her decision to pull the thread. This information was verified through official military channels and was supposed to help warn us to the imminent danger our country is in.
Instead, the moderator exercised, I felt, a lapse in judgment when he (or she) pulled the article that is in need of being disseminated. And this isn't the first time this has been done by moderators on Free Republic. While Free Republic has stood for conservative and GOP values it has also neglected it's responsibility to see that the information of the type I tried to share gets out. Instead they say it can't be verified and could be wild speculation (though I told them it was verified through official military channels) and pulled it even though I asked them not to.
So, I am saying goodbye. It was fun and I will treasure the friends I have made here on FR. Good luck to you all.
frustration aside, IMHO wouldn’t it be better to stay and continue to inform rather than leave?
many conservative media get their news and material from FR.
Goodbye and good luck.
Good point.
Maybe we have some mod moles?
What if George Washington did this when Snopes dissed him?
Moderator, aside from the possibility that we could be accused of exagerating or posting a false threat, may I suggest you find a way to mark critically sensitive posts that can’t be verified? At least this way we get to read it and judge for ourselves.
It’s possible he’s just a tin foil hat wearer. Either way, we at least get to read it.
Oh come on, it is easily a 2 or 3. You are tough. I haven't seen really good Opus in a while though.
For a n00b, you sure are a smartaleck, ‘sycophant’.
I wouldn’t want to be a member of any group that would have me.
I almost got banned for putting a picture of a terrorist who looked like Obama and asked which one is a Presidential candidate and which one is the terrorist.....I am too disappointed with the level of Moderators go. I had one post pulled for simply quoting a Bible verse right out of the KJV.
Oh, that hurts. Everyone here is so excited about this jerk with above average talent. (He's better than Rex but marginally better than Kyle). Just shows you how far people will go to believe in Hope and Change.
I think snopes is very likely correct about this one, but I agree that your post should not have been removed. In my opinion it’s quite enough that it be rebutted by other posters. We can make up our own minds what is true.
I don’t think the USA will soon be attacked, because with Barry as President we are now Dar al Islam. Unlike Rush Limbaugh, The Islamic world wants Barry to succeed.
Anyway, don’t take it personally that you post was removed. Any institution run by humans is bound to be somewhat imperfect. And this place is on the whole very good; better than you will find anywhere else.
Pitiful, but I'd give it a 1.2
i suggest you keep trying, your opus needs some work. ;^)
Good. One less email posted as a news item
Mods on almost any site are often virtual mall cops, overeager to bring their superior tactical-situation control skills into play.
I was invited to kiss JR’s ass for supporting Ron Paul (instead of the GOP nominee...apparently, no matter how treasonous he may have been)
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