Good-Bye Cruel Free Republic

6-16-02 | wasfree

[magnum opus dejure]

Well, it's been 4 years since I first found Free Republic. I have always felt like I belonged here and have really enjoyed the banter back and forth between us members. I am afraid all this is now over. I am really suprised and shocked at it's suddenness. Before I leave I want to thank a freeper from Michigan who sent me a DVD player last year to give to my kids for Christmas. You reaffirmed my faith in humanity.

I know this thread will be deleted before many people get to read it, but I just can't go without saying a final word. Every since 911 the 'vibe' here at FR has been decidedly hostile. I guess it was a matter of time before the newbie moderator got around to weeding me out for my sometimes unpopular views. So I join the ranks of A+Bert and so many others who gave FR a interesting flavor. I will miss coming here 20 times a day and keeping up on things. But without posting priviledges there is just no point. I must go find another conservative group to try to be a part of.

In the future, when a freeper who has been a loyal member since August 1998 crosses the line, how about a note instead of banning? Would that have been too much? I may have gotten out of line, how is beyond me, but if such a tresspass would have been pointed out I would gladly have refrained from doing so again. It is just not right to just ban an account with no explaination. Especially when the freeper has been here 4 years. I have no idea what I am going to do with my days now that I no longer have FR. Well, I guess I have said my part. It is a sad day when one has to leave family and friends. I feel like some of you were just that. But apparently I am no longer wanted around here. I bid my good day to you all and hope that karma pays it's respects to those who do injustice.

[WRhine]

I know nothing about this guy, but I do know that I was banned for saying the same things that Rush Limbaugh and other "mainstream" commentators are now saying about GW Bush. Namely that he is no conservative and no friend of the conservative movement. The Bushies have done an excellent job of turning FR into a GW Bush/GOP moderate fan club (in practice at least) instead of an open forum for the broad spectrum of conservative thought. There is a lynch mob mentality here at FR that is very disturbing and reminiscent of .... well .... the hysterical left.

It's hard to deny that this is not the case on FR these days. The election of GWB (whom I voted for and supported) has swept in hordes of overly zealous party types that are quick to hit the abuse button when they come across opinions that they don't like. And yes, many of them seem to have a mob mentality not too different from the rabid "win at all costs" democrats.

[zip]

, like this place used to.

What part of "A Conservative News Forum" don't you understand?

Where do your kind get the idea that conservatives have to listen to leftist liberal rantings and not respond? Go on over to DU, they'll love you.

[Melas]

Mr./Ms. Moderator, you guys should compile about 400 pages of this stuff from various posters. You'd shoot to number 1 on the NYT bestseller's list and never have to have a freepathon again.

[carenot]

I got a better idea. Have a mirror forum comprised of nothing but banned FReepers where they could all go at each other. JimRob could then charge admission to the site for non-banned FReepers and voila....we'd probably never have to have another fundraiser around this place again.

That would be wonderful!

[zip]

Anything otherwise then you would be guilty of the unforgivable transgression of not marching in lockstep.

How can you be so cynical? Look at the previous post (258) and maybe you will gain a little insight on FR postings.

It's not necessarily what you say but how and when you say it.

[Willie Green]

Where did you come up with the idea that disruptors weree interesting.

Where did you get the idea that anybody considered A+Bert to be a disruptor?
Don't take me wrong, ol' Bert certainly earned his way into the doghouse and his eventual fate...
But "disruptor"???? Nah!!!
IMHO the REAL disruptor is the flaming idiot who wrote this opus.
Invoking the memory of A+Bert was merely a ploy to initiate mudslinging among FReepers.
"magnum opus dejure" has no established credibility, under either this or his previous screen-name.
His mention of other FReepers, past or present, should be regarded as disengenuous.

[Howlin]

Are you under the impression that that type of post makes you appear funny?

It's quite an insult to Jim and John Robinson, not to mention the moderators, to imply that the ONLY reason your "friend" was banned was because he was on the Dose.

I don't see why it is so hard to grasp the concept of clicking on by a thread you don't like. Unless you're just there to make trouble.

[Howlin]

(he was a real low volume poster until recently)

Well, now, that is unusual, isn't it? :-)

You guys rock!

[pyx]

What you say would be the same as me saying many male Freepers get erections everytime Buchanan, Rush, or Keyes speaks. Thankfully, I have enough tack to avoid such useless immaturity- present post excluded.

WOW ! Thank goodness you have such tack[sic] ! I mean if you had even mentioned it in the first place, I know I might have jumped to the erroneous conclusion you are tactless.

On the other hand, if you had used a FEMALE political counterpart(who is supposedly good looking in the conventional sense of the term) instead of using only male examples in your rebuttal, It wouldn't annoy me that someone claimed I get a woody over seeing a good looking woman, even if I may not. THAT is the difference and there would be no DOUBLE STANDARD then. However, this being FreeRepublic, you instead call for the banning (of sneakypete) for a dissenting opinion. I respectfully disagree with you.

[Howlin]

There are a MILLION anti-freeper sites out there.

[steve50]

I'm not very popular with the marxists or the fascists. An independent conservative grass roots site rooting out corruption and government largesse is one thing, a cheerleading squad for neo-conservative globalists is quite another

[zip]

the days grow darker, the cry grows silent, shadowes loom larger as the fire dies

What a wonderful discription of the Klintoon presidency. Thanks. Isn't it fantastic that we now have light, freedom of speech for the conservatives, and the fires are raging to bring honesty and good values to America. Thank you GWB

[Cultural Jihad]

Hell my friend Buckeroo has been banned 10 times. He wears it like a badge. Try as I might I never seem to be able to achieve this level of accomplishment. But I have a plan----------: )

LOL! Buckeroo is an okay fellow.

[WRhine]

I don't see why it is so hard to grasp the concept of clicking on by a thread you don't like. Unless you're just there to make trouble.

Hmmm. Do we have to overlook the wanderings of posters like you that show up on threads that are critical of George Bush? Or does your street run only One-Way?

[Teacher317]

Yer gonna get banned fer that one, LOL!

[steve50]

Never heard of the man/woman/goat whatever. I'm more of a Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton kinda guy, they had some well thought out positions

[Cicero]

I must admit I often got a kick out of A+Bert, especially when he forgot to take his meds. He was in and out so many times it made your head spin. Living proof that there is mercy as well as justice.

[swheats]

Just ignore the "day in the life" love-in fests

[frodolives]

And a moose once bit my sister...Moose bites can be pretty nasty.