I appreciate your point. I also respectfully disagree about what is happening. Whether or not it is intended, separating the forum has created "Superior" and "inferior" classifications of posts, and will be the death of the place.
My point: The financial base of FR will be destroyed if the forums completely split up, as people find cross-forum searches impossible. Besides, why support a forum that thinks your posts are "stupid?"
I disagree! Most days I go to several other news sources, then come to Free Republic because I love it, and spend the rest of my time here.
Often, I'm tired of 'news', and go to Freeper questions, or Miscellanious, always hoping to find one of those 'silly' threads that are so entertaining.
Anyone, with half a mind, can pick and choose the Forum they are interested in.