Remain clam.
You remind me of another freeper.
Are you causing trouble? lol!
You’re supposed to take a shower with your sister and a moose while eating French cheese. Good grief man, it’s not that complicated. Cowboy up!!
What are the rules?
From what I can tell, even though you’ve been here 10 years, some guy with 10 years and one day will accuse you of being a “newbie” if you dare to post.
I’m terrified to do so to this day!
If the Free Republic can put up with little ole sarcastic me, they can handle pretty much anyone.
(Stick with me kid, I'll show you the ropes).
make sure word wrap is off
I read your question wrong - my response was directed at starting a new thread. To clarify, I post a lot here, but am terrified to start a new topic.
You’ve been here longer than many, you should know. Every post has the little “no racism, violence, etc, etc at the bottom. Throw in a little common sense and decorum and there you go.
It's not complicated. Just follow a few simple rules and soon you'll be the toast of the Internet. Or toast on FreeRepublic. First, you need to decide what clique you belong to.
If you believe Sarah Palin is perfect and we should appoint her Empress immediately you are a 'Palinista'. To be a Palinista you need to post pictures of her on every thread whether it is about her or not. To be one of the upper echelon Palinista you need to make your own Palin 'swag' pictures, like her in gladiator gear with a sword or her as a divine savior descending from the clouds, preferably in running shorts. If you don't want to be a Palinista you are an unAmerican troll. Don't worry, they have their own clique.
You can join the Catholic or anti-Catholic cliques (not both) but this will require an in depth knowledge of 14th century religious texts, and a willingness to argue their meaning endlessly. You will need to be able to pull out quotes from every Pope, including those from the great schism.
Or you could join the Mormon or anti-Mormon cliques, this apparently requires lots of name calling and abuse button mashing. And you must respond to pings from your 'posse' within 15 seconds 24 hours a day. If you are going to join the Mormon clic you have to figure out how to support Mitt Romney without actually saying on any thread here that you support Mitt Romney.
If that's not your style then maybe you could join the clique that thinks third parties are the reason John McCain lost. These are called 'broken glass republicans', also known as 'party hacks' or 'mindless bots'. Those who think John McCain lost because he's John McCain are called sane. Unless they are Paulbots, then they are called 'those who really, really need a shower.' These don't last long, usually because the heavy drug use prevents them from remembering their screen name, or where the computer is.
There is the clique that thinks Glenn Beck is a prophet and post threads singing his praises and repeating his lessons in the form of psalms. Another group thinks he's a crackpot and posts threads telling everyone why their favorite radio host is sooo much smarter than Beck is.
There are the 'Birthers', who are almost exactly like truthers but somehow completely different, just ask them. There are the 'anti-birthers' who are all communist trolls paid by George Soros to silence questions about the Great Master's past. In fact, Soros is spending millions of dollars a month to send these paid trolls just to infiltrate Free Republic. It's a good gig if you can get it.
So to answer your question, sure, you can have an opinion, you just can't have a unique opinion. You don't have to join a clique, but much like prison it's best to keep a low profile unless you have gang to back you up. Running afoul of any of the aforementioned cliques may lead to your being outed as an American hating communist DU plant and cause your untimely retirement from FR. Anyway, I hope this helps.
Rules? On FreeRepublic?
ROTFLMAO! Yer killin’ me!
Always remember...paragraphs are your friend.
You’d best not criticize Sarah Palin or Duncan Hunter.
And don’t say anything positive about Tim Pawlenty or Rudy Giuliani.
That can change on a month to month basis, but for now them’s the rules.
You must always agree with me mentality. In fact, that ain’t even good enough, you best agree with me and express yourself in the exact way I do or you are a troll.
Got it?
Everything not forbidden is mandatory.