You are implying that Free Republic is racist because presumably a Freeper agreed with an assessment made by one of the subjects of this article, an assessment made by a black man against a black woman.
I asked you those questions to determine the parameters of freedom of speech you observe.
If you say that because of the pigmentation in the skin, that a person can make comments to or about someone else, but someone else with a different pigmentation color or level cannot, that would indicate you are an adherent to speech codes and political correctness, neither philosophy of which is welcome here on Free Republic.
I might not say those things, calling her ghetto trash or whatever the guy called her, simply because it is not in my nature to do so.
That is an issue of civility for me, not freedom of speech.
That is why I asked you those questions.
I have mostly lurked on FR for 10+ years and don’t post that often. So you don’t know who I am. For your first reply, people can say what they want to say under certain circumstances. If they are at work, or on a website like this which they do not own, they do not. If they are at home or in a place where somebody else does not have authority then go at it. And I was not implying that FR is racist. However, I was implying it was tolerant of such behavior. Again, I hope I am wrong and that I was being over sensitive to some of the replies. Like you said, you would not make such comments because they are in bad taste. That is sound advice for all imo. In real life I’m a blunt man who speaks out loud too often. There is little PC about me. I could benefit myself from following your advice above.
As for your second post, you scold me good. LOL. One, for trying to appeal to emotion. If replies appear to be racist, how likely is it that a minority will feel at home on this site? I haven’t read the mission statement of FR, if it exists at all. But I have always assumed it exists in part to help change minds.
I’m sorry you think its disturbing I would want to see the right appeal to more people. Winning elections is part of the process to get a conservative agenda enacted. Thus appealing to more ppl is self evident. If you have a better idea of how to enact conservatism without appealing to more people, I’d love to hear it.
Finally you said you don’t care where ppl come from. So you are 1) agreeing with my point that this country is founded on an ideal. And 2) That is the most non-racist thing you could say. That would appeal to minorities who might be lurking on this site, yet mindful of all the propaganda against the right. Ghetto this and double bagger that, in this post is unfortunately not appealing.