WOW!!! I was on one of those far left websites when I learned of Free Republic. I said wow because the last thing I was expecting to find here was someone talking about gardening. I need to learn how to post pics here because I garden too!!
That website, whose name I can’t remember because there are many of them, was as you’d expect making fun of Free republic and the people who post here. They were poking fun of an article where a Freeper was writing about dealing with street gangs after the collapse of society.
Like usual that site ‘reproduced’ their own version of the freeper article. They claimed they did that “So that their dear readers would not have to come here and read it themselves” They did provide a link to Free Republic but it was a broken link that did not work. I’m sure that was intentional.
The lefties basically gave me the impression that this place was full of hateful old white men who will soon be dead. They said this place was anti-gay,anti-woman,anti-poor and I don’t need to go further because we have heard it all before.
Even worse than the article was the commenters.
One said that he was a white male teen and that he would be happy when the entire white race died out.
Most made fun of the idea that society might collapse.
Others felt that if society did collapse a few old white men will be easily dealt with. Some felt that taking things from conservatives would be as simple as sticking a gun in their face and telling them to hand it over. They went on to fantasize about old people on their knees begging for their lives.
I posted no replies there myself. I had the feeling that doing so would have given them the excuse to hack me and disrupt my life. People like that are good at shutting down one’s right to free speech. Besides...I’d rather deal with people like that face to face. Give them an education that there are some of us that are full of surprises and won’t do as they want us to do.
They might want to bring a lunch. That could take some time. I spent a lot of my adult life studying war, professionally. ;)
As one of the grumpy old white men on the site, I assure you that we too, garden, and like eating and canning produce from our gardens.
Best if you stay away from the liberal websites. You could catch some kind of nevergetover.
/johnny
Welcome to the thread. I have a ping list if you want to be added let me know.
As to the lib site:
First I hate calling these people liberals. George Washington and the rest of the founders were the true liberals - believers in individual freedom. I refer to the modern day sites as statist, collective socialists, or run a muck big government types. Course that is a stereo type too so I try to refer to them very little. It never improves your day.
Street Gangs - They are already rampant who needs to wait for societal collapse?
Hateful? If a Freeper says Hello how are you - they are going to call it hateful- so who cares -consider the source.
White Men? Plenty of Women are Freepers. White or Black? Who knows or cares? The computer posts don’t readily tell you that. But we do love our freedome and constitution.
Soon be dead: We are all destined to die sooner or later. The hour and manner of our death is unknown to us or any other mortal.
I am virulently anti-poor. There is too much poverty in the world. Poverty is encouraged by statists such as these people seem to be. I am for everyone moving up. I am for a hand up, but not a hand out.
Just because I am a woman who is married to a man, does not mean that I am anti-woman. I am pro - people - all colors.
The individual(of any orientation) should be talking to his God and his religous advisor about his/her sexual issues including orientation - not bleating about it all over TV and the media.
Some old white men are combat veterans, in good shape, and/or hunters and very good at hitting what they aim at, so I wouldn’t think that particular fantasy would work real well. More likely they will be begging for food, since they seem to think preparation is not necessary.
Now, let’s get back to gardening. What zone are you in and what are you doing this month on your garden - starting seeds, ordering plants etc?
I need to learn how to post pics here because I garden too!!
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Links to basic HTML & Free Republic help threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2974057/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/757944/posts
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