Posted on 08/11/2022 6:49:56 PM PDT by week 71
I joined this Forum some 22 years ago in my 20's as a young conservative/libertarian. Now around a half century old. Truly hope some young folks will carry the torch.
Well, I'm 88.7...
Born Nov 1933, about 11 months after the second communist POS to be elected began occupying the WH...
The young patriots are on GAB. Forget about the anti-semite smears. They are there, and I think it is great.
You still have teeth?? I remember when I had . .
Lucianne.com was a blatant ripoff of Free Repuplic.
She posted here and then started it.
I looked at it once. FR imitation, boring though.
Alamo Girl and Jolly.
I have to admit that it was better when we had more truly erudite individuals expounding on political philosophy and history - instead of so many competing to post the most clever memes or the best insults.
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The youngster freeper types were on reddit.
/thedonald practically got Trump elected.
Of course it’s been shut down.
18 years ago.
There’s a few and they are easy to identify by the unbelievable ignorance of their comments!
Bingo, hello!
the UI/format of the board pre-dates the Dot Com Crash & Y2K
Young folks are attracted to whats new and hip
FR demographic = not spring chickens anymore and more like hip_replacement -__^
That’s how I found this haven, a link from drudge in 1999, when I was 34...
Agreed, but it looks more and more like a village of angry, constipated retirees.
What do you read on 4chan? It’s a little confusing.
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https://boards.4chan.org/pol/catalog
Typically, news of the day and a few posts.
Mid-20’s, been following politics online since I was 10 or thereabouts. Strictly FR and American Thinker. No tv, no facebook, no twitter, rumble, etc. Politics can be consuming, computer can be addictive.
I’ll bet most Freepers have said, “Get off my lawn” more than once.
Agree completely.
I spent almost a decade of daily lurking before I signed up.
There are many freepers I miss.
There are some I do not, the most vicious of the Cruzbots left in a huff in 2016.
My grand daughter was 17 when she joined 19 years ago, shortly after I did.
I joined almost 21 years ago. I’m 40 now.
Wow, where did the time go?
You’re still younger than me.
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