Thanks, Jemian.
The flame wars of 2012(Romney) and 2016(Cruz/Trump) come to mind.
Most every thread, except for ours, seems to devolve into insults, flamebaiting, shilling, etc.
While I read other threads at times, I no longer engage, except for here.
The TFT thread is how I remember FR when I joined in 1998 after lurking for more than a year. Lots of shared knowledge, humor and civility.
I’m trying........
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Only when you realize that you’ve been lied to about everything , that’s where YOUR journey begins
But it starts with accepting reality, you are here, this is real
It’s unfortunate that you are born in this time, but then again, God chose you for it
Embrace it
Yes, lots of camaraderie in the early days. I so remember the lead-up to the inaugural in 2001. There was a daily thread way back then, which morphed into America, the Right Way. Chairman_Dec_19_Society started us off with a morning round-up of news.
Then, in the Great Purge around 2008, ATRW shut down. I am glad this thread is for this era.
Good morning, exit!
I lurked for over 10 years before I joined FR and had the courage to finally post.
I so enjoyed the like-minded opinions of freepers, felt safe to post my opinion.
Not so much any more, the attacks can be ferocious and so nasty.
The nastiness is especially egregious on Trump Rally threads which is a FR no-no.
Until I started practicing posting threads, this was my home base and I rarely ventured from it, though I read other threads.
I try not to “feed the trolls” but sometimes something just has to be said.
The nastiness and meanness in Freeperville seems worse than I have ever seen it.
A sign of the times?
Maybe.
Absolutely agree. Lost quite a few FRiends from the site during the Rudy wars.
Is it really worth it?
well, there was some jumpin and jivin and purges...
trip down memory lane - back when FR was the conservative be-all end-all
https://www.salon.com/1999/07/13/free/