Posted on 06/10/2025 11:32:39 AM PDT by Jaysin
sorry to see you leave, your essay indicates that you have quite a bit of good stuff to offer on FR
blessings,
fhc
The wise ones among us do indeed care about your reasons; and, find them valid and concerning. I agree, FR is not what it once was. Posters are, more and more, attacking the person rather than giving reasonable arguments over issues. Many claim to be "Good Christians"; however, it seems that good behavior might be reserved for an hour or on Sunday mornings.
I've quit twice. I came back both times because there are yet a few people here who engage in high quality discourse. I've decided to ignore the children and respond only to meaningful replies.
Take care.
At a minimum I would like to see OPUS added to the title. /s
Been a while since I’ve seen an Opus.
Have a good life. I don’t always agree with everyone here but that is one of the reasons I like the place.
I don’t like the echo chamber like those on the left.
This place is mild compared to other sites.
I agree with your points. I despise the antisemitism and had been appalled at it. Also I have several times reported comments that were just plain ignorant.
With regard to updating, that costs money. Anyway I don’t know where else you can go on the internet to get a conservative discussion, so I would say, stay here and raise the level of discussion.
I have been disappointed when people attack others personally, as that doesn’t help at all.
You make some valid points.
I can’t help but feel that the Russia/Ukraine discourse heralded much of the decline. I’m sticking around, though.
Good luck, Jaysin!
If you, or other long-time posters left then people would sit up and take notice.
This poster? Who cares...
DouglasKC isn't going anywhere. I hope he's staying and he hasn't said otherwise.
Words ….. words….words…..
Thanks for the note. Those of us who are staying don’t care about your reasons.
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See, that’s just rude and Kansas Citians don’t do rude.
Your points just for fun for me:
A) Criticizing Israel is not antisemitism. Support for spending our resources on American soil is not antisemitism. There are probably some posters though that don’t like Jewish people I suppose, but it seems pretty rare to me here.
B)LGF had more to do with Rathergate than FR. You seem to think a place to “vent” has no value for some reason.
C) Article sources are kind of weak and limited. Agreed. However, I think you are touching on a larger problem - where will you go instead for “better” content? Good luck.
D)The bigger problem I think is the user base ageing out! The average age has to be pushing 75. There aren’t many new users coming in to make up for the attrition of the old users. I would say it feels like 10% of the action that used to be here 20 years ago. A death spiral in some ways.
E) Strongly disagree - it’s nice to have this style and the html knowledge it requires. It’s also not subject to the restrictive guidelines of some common online discussion tools.
In my mid-50’s I feel like a kid here - I kind of like that in some ways. LOL.
Bottom line: I don’t see why you feel the need to abandon it altogether. Seems unnecessary and like you are really having a small tantrum. Just take a break and use it less. Why all the dramatic reasons to quit cold turkey?
“See, that’s just rude and Kansas Citians don’t do rude”
You’re right. It was a bit harsh. But I’m sure I won’t be the last.
Antisemitism? I also have ZERO tolerance for that hideous evil, but I have never seen anything even remotely like that on Free Republic!
Really?
I find FR to be one of the most reflexively pro-Israel sites there is. There are a few who speak up against Israel, but it’s very issue-specific, and even then, it’s only policy-related.
You can’t even handle that?
I can’t disagree.
Let me just say that I am flabbergasted by the antisemitism, not here, but in the world around us. The October Hamas attack sure brought them all out, I had no inkling antisemitism was so prevalent in our society, major disappointment, and the campuses that allow this, amazing.
If you leave, the Antisemites think they’ve won. They hate Israel and the Jews because they hate the LORD God of Israel.
Summary: “How dare this website not censor people like the leftists do, we cannot allow criticism of George Soros or the Tel Aviv LGBTQ parades”
It’s unfortunate you’re not posting any further. Would be interested in specifics about other platforms and sources you find valuable:
“The quality of FR has degraded to the point that I no longer find much usage for the site that I can’t find on other platforms and sources.”
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