Be Kind to your Fellow Freepers

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[DiogenesLamp]

But, also, there were many good and decent people here. I'd say most of them moved on sometime between 10 to 12 years ago, and sad to say, many of them passed on.

I was gonna say, "A lot of them have died."

I've known several. "Windflier" comes to mind.

Also, I think they represented an older, more civil generation. They hadn't become so cynical as many of us who are still here.

[DiogenesLamp]

Any freeper who hasn’t been labelled a troll may not be trying hard enough to offend somebody’s favorite groupthink. I can give lessons for a small fee.

:)

It’s a lot safer to do now than it was during the reign of Dubya the Fraudulent. Just ask wardaddy, who was unafraid to challenge the politically correct amnesty pushers of the GOP.

Sometimes when I see some of the stuff he says, I think he must clank when he walks.

[DiogenesLamp]

Thank you.

[Chicory]

Yes, a like button would be nice...

I don’t post unless I think it will add something because I feel like additional posts take up space on servers. Otherwise I would thank people and 👍 people, etc., with much more abandon!

My apologies to all the people whose posts I appreciated and didn’t respond to and for the one person who DMed me and I didn’t notice for like 18 months and so did not respond....

[DiogenesLamp]

I don’t post unless I think it will add something because I feel like additional posts take up space on servers. Otherwise I would thank people and 👍 people, etc., with much more abandon!

It does take up more space on servers, but nowadays memory storage is really really cheap, and it is no longer the sort of problem it once was.

On the other hand, leaving a message increases the traffic for the website, and many websites are ranked in value based on how much traffic they get.

More traffic means the website is more valuable, and has greater reach.

Now Free Republic doesn't advertise or allow advertising, but having as large of traffic numbers as are possible gives it more clout and possibly gets more people to pay attention to it.

So go ahead and leave messages! As many as you like!

[Tired of Taxes]

Yes, Windflier was one of them, and there were many others.

-"Also, I think they represented an older, more civil generation. They hadn't become so cynical as many of us who are still here."-

Maybe so, but people in their elder years can become very cynical sometimes.

Yet, some people can have a civil discussion, no matter what age they are, no matter what's happening in the world.

[MarDav]

So, it isn’t my imagination.

[MarDav]

That’s the way I feel…just have a lot on my plate that keeps me from offering my two cents. But I thank you for the encouragement.

[MarDav]

The signs of the times.

[mabarker1]

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[Fury]

Sorry - late to the “party”!

There’s just a group of FReepers that ill behaved. The prime examples are:

1) Russia - Ukraine War threads. Threats, physical threats, etc

2) When someone dies, it’s due to the COVID-19 vax unless proven otherwise

There’s obviously more.

I chalk up such conduct as a result of upbringing, or perhaps ignorance, willful ignorance or lack of intellect.

It’s always been “spicy” on FR. But there are a few nasty posters who want an echo chamber and are willing to get nasty to achieve that goal.

[Chicory]

This is great; thanks for explaining about the memory!

[DiogenesLamp]

I chalk up such conduct as a result of upbringing, or perhaps ignorance, willful ignorance or lack of intellect.

It’s always been “spicy” on FR. But there are a few nasty posters who want an echo chamber and are willing to get nasty to achieve that goal.

I mentioned to someone else earlier in the thread that we have all been dealing with a bunch of political setbacks, for quite a long time, and people want to lash out.

This doesn't excuse some of them for going too far, and it is like you said, they haven't been raised properly regarding civility with others.