Gee.....I wonder who you’re talking about. :0)
I totally agree. I have not settled on a candidate and the crap I see from Freepers towards other Freepers based on their support for whichever candidate does nothing to convince me to support them. It’s just gross.
A call for civil discourse is a chatroom! Well intended, but Pollyanna. On a scale of 1-10 on the “FR vitriolometer”, the current level is approximately 3.4.
I have pointed this out as well. If you don’t agree 100% with someone’s choice, you will be immediately called a democrat, communist, etc.
I never hesitate to point out their obnoxious comment to them though. Hence the nickname “Snark”.
I think we should start point out on threads whenever someone first tries to turn it into a mosh-pit fight. What it does is divert from serious discussion of the issues at hand. I have to wonder why any candidate or their supporters would want to avoid discussion, and descend into nastiness.
One of the nastiest has been zotted, unfortunately only temporarily.
I expect there will be more zots to come.
The race between Cruz and Trump is epic. Either one is just a sound bite away from the Presidency or disaster. God bless them both is all I can say.
You know it’s nasty when the Ping lists start getting pinged in to the thread.
Bashing seems to be in the eye of the beholder.
Merely citing facts about a particular candidate (even using the candidate’s own words) is often interpreted as bashing.
Stating a candidate’s position on an issue (even using the candidates own words) is often interpreted as bashing.
Posting reports or editorials flattering OR unflattering to a particular candidate is often interpreted as bashing.
JimRob has a posting guideline - NO Personal Attacks. At the least, that guideline should be honored.
Over the years, I have seen tactics like this come and go.
If you want to really see some nastiness, visit a religious thread. “: )
Anyway, I can’t change other people’s behavior.
All we can do to really help is BE THE EXAMPLE.
The GOPe has declared war on True Conservatism. The GOPe has foisted loser presidential candidates (McCain, Romney) on us, while backstabbing and sandbagging candidates that dare to defeat GOPe’ers in the primaries (Joe Miller, Sharon Angle, Christine O’Donnell, and Todd Akin). Meanwhile, the GOPe supports RINOs and losers such as Scott Brown and Mark Kirk.
The GOPe refused to stop amnesty and Obamacare, leaving Ted Cruz to lead the fight virtually alone. The GOPe has refused to file Articles of Impeachment against Obama, despite his violations of the Constitution.
The GOPe has launched the most vicious and vile attacks against Trump and Ted Cruz, all so they can prop up their toady of the week (currently Rubio).
The GOPe would rather Hillary be president rather than a True Conservative.
If you are not a big corporate campaign contributor, a K Street lobbyist, or a member of the Country Club set, the GOPe does not care about you.
Too many people mistakenly believe the top priority for 2016 is for the Republicans to win the White House. The most important priority for 2016 should be the complete and utter destruction of the corrupt, rotten-to-the-core GOPe.
If this is too much for the delicate sensitivities of the GOPe, too bad.
PC will be the end of us.
Maybe there are many Freepers who need to grow a little thicker skin. It is the Internet forum not a fireside chat around the campfire with a church group.
We need to call out the DNC/communist infiltraters when we spot them posting. Pretty easy to figure it out.
Come on though this isn’t romper room.
This was predictable we conservatives are surrounded by enemies on every side and have been for a long time now, but to see some of these threads it is becoming clearer that we continue to be are our own worst enemy, it is as if we never learn, time and again it is how we lose the best candidates to the McCains and Romneys, we are adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Civility is long lost and the enmity between supposedly like minded people is incredible and the lies would make the most progressive liberal look tame as we wreak havoc upon one another.
It is indeed sad to see many of these comments of late.
I’ve got an idea...since FR is in the middle of a FREEP-A-THON, let’s have a purge.
We haven’t had a good one since Rudy.
I have been here 10 years longer than you have and it is always like this during presidential election periods. I always consider leaving FR when it gets like this and sometimes I even stop my quarterly donation because FR upsets me so badly.
It is called election, more specifically, presidential election season on FR.
So far, most of the threads have been relatively tame when compared to some in previous years.
Wait until the actual voting starts and the candidate-bots show up and flood every related thread with their pro-candidate-paganda.
There have already been some ‘my guy or the highway’ posters. One in specific has ‘his guy’ down to about 8% now.
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The sad thing is this...
If every Cruz supporter at FR flipped over to Trump, or every Trump supporter at FR flipped over to Cruz, the outcome of the election would be exactly the same.
Yeah Mom said the same thing but my Old Man said if its a rat call it a rat and not a furry little creature!