You’re wasting your time. There are people who will refute science but blindly believe something they heard off ham radio claiming Delta Force was in a shootout in Frankfurt with the CIA. There was an idea that was FR, and that idea stood for Conservative ideals, small government, strong defense, robust family values (and yes, including faith as well …but not stupidity disguised as faith), and the group contained rich debate and intelligent thought.
Something happened. Something changed. Conspiracy theorists took over, and in something straight out of a Liberal playbook some of those even demanded a ‘safe space’ where their kooky ideas couldn’t be challenged! Something straight out of a crazy-town sub-forum in DU …and we have that in FR where on ‘their threads’ no one can criticize or question.
At this rate in another five years FR will be anti-gun and pro-choice, but with people believing Putin is good and the Earth is 6,000 years old. Five years, if that.
I began reading Free Republic around 2000, signed up in 2004, have been posting ever since.
Once or twice in the early years I got a little over-excited and had a post deleted, but never since.
What you predict won't happen so long as I'm still here, FRiend.
Frankly, I'm not afraid of people who disagree with me on any subject, be it current events, history, science, politics or even religion.
If we all have to agree on everything, there won't be much to discuss, will there?