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M: The ONLY reason that bagster got a timeout yesterday was as a warning to the rest of us.
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R: I respectfully disagree, magglepuss. IMHO, a warning to us all occurs when the mod/JR lock the thread and post a message at the top of it; that happened once before when JR advised us not to bring 9/11 and UFO conspiracy *ahem* content to FR. Also, it seems the mods and Bagster have worked things out, with the mod lifting the suspension within hours and Bagster thanking the mod while identifying the issues.
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M: Would JR allow any other freepers Christian beliefs to be insulted like this, and on such a regular basis? I don’t think so.

R: Again, respectfully, I can’t see the comparison between a spiritual faith and a political view. I know we’re all tired of the insults, though. For those of us who particpated, or tried to, on Sessions’ threads in the forum, it’s clear that insulting one’s political views is not limited to the Q threads, although we do seem to attract particular vitriol. With that elevated hostility directed at us, we probably burden the mods with addition requests for intervention.

I’m grateful that, despite the attacks and FReeper complaints about our threads which started over a year ago, Free Republic has demonstrated the tolerance it has in permitting us to remain.
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M: One more thing, there are just not that many trolls on free republic. Most freepers are good people.

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R: I agree with you, magglepuss. Most FReepers are excellent people. :)

Again, respectfully, I can’t see the comparison between a spiritual faith and a political view.

I must have done a terrible job of wording this before. I am a Christian. I don’t appreciate being called a “follower” of anything else. Or a “believer” in anything else, or in a cult. Q is a political view, and I find it wildly insulting to take a political view and try to make it my spiritual faith.