[Democrats hate too much]

"these questions should have been addressed to Jim directly, and also privately. Openly challenging his stated views about what he wants for HIS site is impolite, since we are all guests here."

I think most of us here have always looked at this as our site. I have donated to this place in the past. I am personal friends with people on this site for a long LONG period of time. I have participated in Freeping events since when Al Gore was just starting to run for President. I am responsible for a lot of people becoming very active members to this site over so many years. I have used this site in the past to get people to become active Republicans. My question goes to the site, Jim, and everyone who contributed... I have yet to say if I'm pro-choice or a Romney supporter (you could look at my posts in the past to see if I have done either one). It is good for the conservative community to allow people to post thoughts that are different then us and allow people to school them. It teaches all of us what to say on the street when we are debating against these people... I know it is annoying to sometimes hear people support someone we don't like and support issues we don't like. This is our opportunity to teach someone who maybe has the best intent in mind to explain things to them they don’t know. When you do this in front of all the other Freepers then they will have talking points they can use to say defend Pro-Life views when talking to someone who is Pro-Choice... Make the rules what you want. I just remember creating so many accounts on DU to just simply and politely question some of their thoughts and being booted. I was booted for the dumbest reasons. They will not allow anyone to question anything there. I’d hate to see FR become that. I think it’s a mistake for so many reasons. We can handle people questioning us here because we have the answers and the facts to reply back with.

[Jim Robinson]

Hint: We’re not going to support abortion or abortionists or Statists or their pushers/enablers on this web site, whether they be contributors or not. Thank you.

[onyx]

I have yet to say if I'm pro-choice or a Romney supporter (you could look at my posts in the past to see if I have done either one).

LOL. That's a Romney answer.

Pro-life and proud of it.

[paulycy]

The following paragraph is on the Home Page. Maybe you've forgotten it, or think that it doesn't apply to you. But it seems to be a very clear statement of the purpose of this site in Jim's own words:

"Free Republic is a site dedicated to the concerns of traditional grassroots conservative activists. We're here to discuss and advance our conservative causes in a more or less liberal-free environment. We're not here to debate liberals. We do not want our pages filled with their arrogant, obnoxious, repugnant bile. Liberals, usurpers, and other assorted malcontents are considered unwelcome trolls on FR and their accounts and or posts will be summarily dismissed at the convenience of the site administrators."

Now, since we're not here to debate liberals, you have to define liberals. Compared to the kind of Constitutional, pro-life conservatives here on FR then Mitt Romney *is* a RINO liberal. So we're not here to debate about him.

The same goes for pro-child murder abortionists. We're not here to debate them. They don't belong here. We are here to discuss how to further OUR agenda, not convince them to change their damaged minds.

Is this clear? Do you get it now?

[trisham]

I appreciate your polite response, but you neglected to mention an important part of my post, which is that instead of posting privately to Jim, you openly challenged his many recent posts regarding the way that he wants his site to operate. I understand how one can feel a part of a community here, but this would not be a community if we had anarchy.
Yes, there may be room for those who are learning and asking questions, who are reading articles and perhaps becoming more conservative, but this site, as I understand it, has a very specific purpose. Let other sites function as they will, the owner of this site has made his thoughts known. It is up to those of us who want to remain here to respect his wishes.