Really! It is pretty obvious to me that it is going a lot more powerfully ONE way than the other, Jim.
Trump-first folks are THE MINORITY here, I know it for a fact and anyone who doesn't believe me, oh well. I did the work to determine the reality here (again). And the truth is that 573 FReepers over the past few months have said that Trump is their SECOND choice or no choice at all, compared to 477 FReepers who say or consistently indicate that Trump is their first choice.
So Jim, how is it that a minority of voices here have so many convinced that they aren't the minority?
How is it that a minority manages to dole out EQUAL "both ways" junk compared to the majority? Also, I am sorry Jim, but proportionately MORE Trump supporters are A LOT more ugly and aggressive than a much smaller proportionate number of Cruz supporters, who use terms I hate like "Trumpanzees," "Trumpbots," and other insulting names for people I love but with whom I disagree. So your "argument" that it's going both ways, leaks like a sieve, from my informed observations here.
I am at this point. I will joyfully donate $100 to the FReepathon WHEN I am assured that neither I nor any other FReeper will be zotted for ANY opinion, and will ONLY be zotted for using profanities or for repeatedly resorting to personal attacks on individuals.
I want to be assured that NO FReeper will be zotted for civilly (or even angrily, but as long as it's not a personal attack on another FReeper) expressing the conservative opinion that they refuse to vote for Trump if he's the nominee BECAUSE etc., etc.
I will happily continue to donate if I am assured that NO FReeper will be zotted for challenging fellow conservatives' justifications for voting for leftists like Romney, no more than they should be zotted for challenging conservatives like me, who have finally woken up to the fact that WE have some nerve to complain about where the GOP is today because we VOTED FOR the candidates that made it that way.
I really love FR and I really love you and all you've done, JR; you and your family have been in my prayers for years, and are still there.
However, I love liberty and the Constitution more; in fact, my love for those two things are why I have been with FR for I think 12 or 13 years (I forget).
When people are banned for sharing how they intend to vote, this place will have lost its attraction for me.
I lack the words to express how sad that makes me to consider.
Feels like, I dunno...death.
Good post.
don-o, you said: “When people are banned for sharing how they intend to vote, this place will have lost its attraction for me. I lack the words to express how sad that makes me to consider. Feels like, I dunno...death.”
I, too, am exceedingly sad to see Freepers who have been here for years, zotted merely for how they are going to vote. It makes me feel sick.
Well Finny, there is a nightly FR Caucus thread running now, and since it began five days ago, Trump's been in the lead, with Cruz a close second.
Hundreds of Freepers have voted in it each day, so it's a very good representation of what percentage of our community supports which candidate. It's certainly as solid as any poll conducted out in the wild.
Click on this link which takes you to the results: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3387779/posts?page=4#4
That's documented information you're free to look at, if you choose.
Excellent post, my friend.
It is what it is. My principles will stay the same.