I don’t think anyone is afraid of FreeRepublic. But, this is not a discussion forum any more. It certainly was once, in fact the premise of FR was a posting of an article of interest followed by an often lively discussion with a number of different of points of view, all in the conservative realm. Many of these discussions involved people who were clearly the definitive expert on the planet on a particular subject. Spending an evening of FR was an education.
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that was so true. I remember when a jet crashed and there were at least a half dozen jet pilots discussing and posting pics and scenerios.
I think when we were forced to excerpt articles instead of posting entire articles it changed the dynamic, because before we didn’t have to click and go elsewhere to read the material.
Now people see the headline and go straight to commenting (I confess my guilt on that one).