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I am done, whatever (VANITY)

Posted on 03/02/2014 3:13:23 PM PST by aft_lizard

I am done. This site has broken me. I am as staunch a conservative as you will find. After returning from Iraq, injured and upset, I turned here and found a welcoming community that shared my thoughts. I am a proud Gadsden Flag waiving man of the Tea Party movement. But because I don't think Sarah Palin is as historically important as other GOP women in the past, I am now considered an idiot, a RINO, ass-kisser and whatever negative connotation you can throw my way. This site has changed so much since that dictator want to be became President it sickens me. It's lost its sense of community and has ran off many a good person. Heck even the Tea Party seems to be distorted here.


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To: Billthedrill

Lies! it was all hippy happiness! No one spoke a cross word ever not even one time!

I mean come on. Here you are saying that there were flame wars...on FR of all places (yea! Right!) and several people on this thread alone assure me that those unicorns were real!

;)


361 posted on 03/02/2014 8:47:15 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart
I was actually afraid to make my first post.

Afraid.

362 posted on 03/02/2014 8:49:15 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: greene66

i didn’t realize all that was going on to that extent.


363 posted on 03/02/2014 8:51:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Billthedrill

And yet people still rehash the fantasy of this idyllic thing.

I dunno. I mean anyone either signed up or lurking then never considered it tame that I remember. Most of the old timers were old Usenet people that were flamewar champions. Not merely veterans but CHAMPIONS forged in the most out of control ‘forums’ to be found.

This place was a barely controlled zoo at times... Perhaps the memories were blotted out for their trauma ;)


364 posted on 03/02/2014 8:54:19 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yeah. Scar tissue. The parts I miss might not work so well with FR as big as it is now. I loved crossing swords with Ash. I really did.


365 posted on 03/02/2014 8:57:49 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Even the 08/12 PDS wars were brutal. Multiple THOUSAND post flamewars that began on post 2. Zots, Viking Kitties, pearls clutched furiously...

And that was just a few years ago. And they were DAILY. Sometimes several threads with over 1000 post flamewars daily.

Hell they are why I can type fast when I want to ;)


366 posted on 03/02/2014 9:02:19 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart
Norm Lenhart wrote:
I seem to remember it’s libs that bitch about ‘labels’ primarily because they don’t like people calling them what they are.Funny that.

And that, folks, pretty well sums up what FR has become.

367 posted on 03/02/2014 9:10:15 PM PST by expat1000
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To: expatguy

Good to see you posting again.


368 posted on 03/02/2014 9:10:58 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: PhiloBedo

Oh, my bad.

Anyway...


369 posted on 03/02/2014 9:18:51 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: expat1000

And is it incorrect?

What does anyone gain by being to cowardly to call a spade a spade? “OH! MY PEARLS!!! I cannot POSSIBLY call something the way I see it! My online friend will be upset! Oh heavens no! Best to let America die by Queensbury rules than fight like men to do anything about it! Best to let liberals disrupt it all and keep us from organizing ourselves!”

THAT is actually what’s ‘wrong’ here. Many posters would rather accept BS in the name of tolerating opposing views than having them stand up to an argument.

If we cant defend what we believe, by what right do you suppose we should bitch when our elected idiots mirror us?


370 posted on 03/02/2014 9:19:54 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: aft_lizard

Free Republic.....eating their own....one at a time.....


371 posted on 03/02/2014 9:24:26 PM PST by is_is (VP Dad of Sgt. G - My Hero - "Sleep Well America......Your Marines have your Back")
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To: expat1000

And since I’m thinking about it, I haZ a hard time being humbled by a lecture from a guy called ‘Expat’ who I assume couldn’t be bothered to stick around his own country.


372 posted on 03/02/2014 9:26:22 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: aft_lizard

See? You dork....(teasing you)

LOL

You must be loved.

This thread went epic for you.

I consider any thread over 250 in one day to be epic.

Our love for you is epic. God’s love for you is epic.

See You soon....


373 posted on 03/02/2014 9:49:40 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: aft_lizard

Yes, take a break. Then come on back.

Haters gonna hate. Nothin’ you can do about that. When it gets to be too much, step away and regain perspective.

Thanks for your service. Peace out until we see you again.


374 posted on 03/02/2014 10:05:18 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Talisker

That will cost you a pound of catnip. Deliver it to my usual perch.


375 posted on 03/02/2014 10:11:43 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)
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To: DariusBane

You got it. Anything to keep The Secret.


376 posted on 03/02/2014 10:18:47 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: aft_lizard
Aft, there are a lot of people here sharing different aspects of conservatism, but what you continuously run into is the issue of not necessarily agreeing with others on a specific social issue and/or a specific person or politician that is also a republican and votes conservatively.

If they want to take you to task and blow your doors off, they tend to gang up, ping their lists, ping JimRob, and execute you on the spot.

It has happened to me countless times now.....I no longer keep track of it.

The best thing to do is walk away, take a few weeks off the forum and recompose yourself. You gain a certain amount of hardness and maybe little bit of hubris, every time this happens and it makes you better...stronger, smarter about arguments but not infallible.

Nobody is,.,,,,

The place is still a great source for info and instant news, and even if there are what seems to be people who want to purge you for having thoughts different from theirs. Even such a minor thing like your opinion of one politician. It's a good thing to know this and understand it. It will help you when times are tough and you might be called on to lead a group of people. Individuals are generally like cats. They like to be together but can't stay together long without a fight.. This is where a good leader or mentor is said to be better than another when they can manage these issues and not lose their perspective. Because that is how people are. Even those with common ideals. And you have to deal with it as a leader.

So take a break, and I'll see you around...

377 posted on 03/02/2014 10:46:51 PM PST by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: aft_lizard

Sorry you’re leaving. Good luck.


378 posted on 03/02/2014 11:06:48 PM PST by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: aft_lizard

aft_lizard, you have certainly wreaked havoc, amongst the geek weak and good support from good folks. Regardless, take care, the listening and reading is sometimes twice as hard as writing and talking.


379 posted on 03/02/2014 11:47:45 PM PST by RedHeeler
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To: Norm Lenhart

“And since I’m thinking about it, I haZ a hard time being humbled by a lecture from a guy called ‘Expat’ who I assume couldn’t be bothered to stick around his own country”

You seem to haZ a hard time in a few areas!

Anyway, that is so over the top I had a good laugh over it.


380 posted on 03/03/2014 12:16:54 AM PST by expat1000
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