Rest in Peace my brother
Posted on 11/03/2025 1:16:37 PM PST by Theo
Jim Robinson, the visionary founder of Free Republic and one of the internet’s earliest conservative pioneers, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Fresno, California. He was 79.
Longtime readers of this website may remember our frequent posting of Free Republic articles on The Gateway Pundit.
The online community at Free Republic was one of the most devoted and energized conservative grassroots organizations in the country.
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All of us here at The Gateway Pundit would like to thank Jim and his family for their dedication to the truth and their support for our great nation.
Rest in peace, Jim Robinson.
Jim Hoft and the Gateway Pundit staff
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omgoodness! Such a sad news of a man of compassion, vision and action.
Prayers up 🙏 for Mr. Robinson’s family and associates. To include his Free Republic family.
Where is the smoking picture?
This is the comment they made on Gateway Pundit:
"RIP Jim Robinson. He indeed blazed the trail. It was a great site at one point. Unfortunately he openly allowed religious wars to infect the site where anyone who wasn't an evangelical was treated differently and rather harshly, and ultimately many Christian, ardent conservatives, were either kicked off the site, or left voluntarily. He was a good man with a good site, just let the zealots kind of take over. A shame really. May his family find peace and solace in this trying time."
The truth is Reno was his/her own worst enemy on FR. If this person was an evangelical, none of us saw any Christian behavior from them. This person was obnoxious, argumentative, abusive...calling people names, and wouldn't stop writing you, even after you'd asked them politely to stop. It got to a point where people avoided commenting to him/her because they knew how abusive this person could be. And if you didn't know about Reno, and made the mistake of commenting to him/her, you were sorry afterwards. Reno would badger people over and over. This person had been warned by Jim about their behavior in the past, and from what I understand, at some point, Reno self-deported him/herself off FR, and we were all glad to see them go.
I've been here almost 28 years, and if there actually were religious wars going on at FR, I never saw it, because I didn't even open those threads. I know there were some hard feelings on threads when Ted Cruz ran for President in 2016, but if people were suspended, or banned, it was for a good reason, because like Reno, they violated the rules of FR, and violated them more than just once.
There have always been nitwits and troublemakers on FR, even from the beginning. When I joined, there was a Clinton troll called eschoir on the site, who eventually got banned, or self-deported. And there have been, and still are others on the site. Most people know who they are, and avoid them.
Rest in peace, Jim Rob.
Thank you for being an amazing patriot, and for creating the Freep.
Now, go enjoy being with our Savior. You earned it, my FRiend.
RIP Mr. Robinson. I’ve enjoyed FR for many years now and conservatives owe you a debt of gratitude for creating and hosting this site. Deepest sympathies to Mr. Robinson’s loved ones.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4350272/posts?q=1&;page=751
Approaching 1,000 pages of condolences. Rest in peace Jim.
Wonderful article. Jim is BOT dead but WALKING around and embracing his LORD and savior, and hearing, “ well done, good and faithful servent”
"While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil."
Rest in Peace my brother
Jim will be missed. God bless him and his family!
I have had a near-death experiences. This is not the level to be concerned about
Happy graduation, Jim!
See you soon!
RIP. Sad day. May this place remain what he founded it as.
Rest in Peace my brother
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Jim was great and will be missed by all who appreciate this forum.
That would be Reno89519.
He even argued with JimRob.
Had to always have the last word.
Hi Theo ! Im surmising you’re Jim Hoft? If so thank you for writing, publishing and sharing with us here.
R.I.P. Jim. Thanks for all the memories. See you at supper time buddy.
Yes, thanks for the screen name. I tried to search for Reno as user on FR, but nothing came up, and I was too lazy to go back through months and months of pings to find their actual screen name the last time he'd screamed at me.
I read the comment on Gateway Punit without first noticing the name of the person who had posted it. Then when they blamed Jim for allowing religious wars here, I went back and saw Reno232, and knew exactly who it was. Of all the people who started wars and fights on FR, Reno89529 was at the top of the list.
Reno89519/232 ... low class, still today.
Good catch, mass!
Thanks for remembering that zotted trolls full nick, LG!
Looks like a lot of the butthurts/zotted FReepers have swarmed the comments section, at GP!
Tells me they still lurk, here, and clicked on the link to whine immaturely and disrespectfully.
Freepers helping Freepers. That's what the site has been about from the beginning. Like-minded people getting together to talk about not just politics, but plenty of other topics that people are interested in. Freeper rlmorel spoke of that in their wonderful memorial to Jim yesterday.
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