You are a very thorough researcher who meticulously sources your posts, which are a breath of fresh air on these threads.
Truth hurts, I guess.
There are more lurkers than *trained* (low)information warriors/influencers/Demcast cadre posters. Just keep posting facts so people can go further and do their own research. The shills’ handlers want us to quit. They are cry bullies out to destroy FR and all alt right forums. See them everywhere across the net and fortunately, so do a majority of posters, some of whom call them out.
If only they could have a real discussion, but they cannot/do not. Just disruption operations aimed at discouraging the shy lurkers from participating.
Some days, it can be invigorating and truth matters, so we all soldier on.
I agree with you. I used to be amazed that so few people post on FR since there are so many members. But, I didn’t post anything, myself, for the first two years because I really did not like a lot of the people and even now many years later I only post when something is extraordinarily important to me (presidential election; covid vaccine; America committing suicide.)
I assume there are a lot of people who just read and choose not to engage with some of these obnoxious and cerebrally challenged people. It’s truly a shame because an ignore button or adequate moderation would make a huge difference.
But, I know I have frequently benefitted from some of the intelligent posts here. It was absolutely eye-opening to see Travis’ post showing that the United States had 750 military bases in 80 countries. It inspired me to begin to look much more deeply into who we really are.