I've been a Freeper ...
... for 16 years.
:)
Posted on 06/18/2025 5:15:36 PM PDT by left that other site
Tomorrow is Juneteenth, which commemorates the last group of Freed Slaves to learn of the Emancipation Proclamation.
It's also the Anniversary of my "leaving that other site (GOP/USA)" because I had dubbed Obama "The Lyin' King". The rather stodgy GOPe site was annoyed that I was "disrespecting the office of the President".
I also expressd distrust of Mitt Romney, and was castigated for that. I will not stay where I'm not welcome.
And so, I signed up with FR, and chose the name "Left That Other Site". Some folks think that the site I left was DU, but, no, it was a supposedly conservative site.
I was instantly welcomed here, and found my home. My FReeper FRiends are closer to me than my own family, in many ways.
We’re glad you stuck around! Always enjoy your comments and insights. Here’s to sixteen more years!
Glad you’re one of us!
Good to see you here. Congrats.
I always wonder what the “other site” was. Now I know. Tomorrow I will have forgotten it!
Glad you landed here!
I’m tired - “always WONDERED”!!!!!
And yes - congratulations!!! Have always admired your talents and haven’t been bashful about telling you so.
Thank you, gal!!
Glad to have you on this forum, FRiend. I feel much the same way, though before FR, I never went to any specific site.
Now, FR is my jumping off point on news every day. I can go to dozens of links on one particular subject or incident, read the good and the bad, observe and participate in the debate, and see correct opinions crowdsourced up to acceptance, and faulty opinions crowdsourced off threads.
It isn’t perfect, but for me, I can use my brain and help figure things out. Can’t do that by watching the MSM, can you?
Congrats, newbie
Happy you’re here...
Happy Bday and I agree. A few smarmy people have left FR because we are too free speech or not enough speech or too modern or too…. Wah! 😭
FR is great.
I just looked and I am in December 02. Been a good ride!
❤️
Congratulations😊 beloved Freeper 🥰
Congrats! I’m considered a newbie, having only been here 9 years. FreeRepublic is huge to me.
Juneteenth if this year, some blacks still think they are under slavery. We should skip the day then. Go read a book.
Adore you and always feel joy when I see your name. FR is better for having your contributions. All my love to you and yours, especially furry yours, on your anniversary and on every other day, as well.
Well said.
((HUGS!)) Like you always give to me every week on The Garden Thread. :)
I've been a Freeper ...
... for 16 years.
:)
Gabba Gabba Your One of Us!
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Hey nOOb
I’m on my second screen name so I could only Guess how long I’ve been trashing this site. I do remember being with
Protest Warriors early 2000.
Yikes!
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Love your dailys!
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