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Anyone with a dissenting opinion from the clique is charged with heresy and immediately outcast and marginalized. Similarly, on FreeRepublic someone who might dissent with the prevailing political opinion of the clique is labled an "anti-freeper" and is simply either banned or has posting privledges revolked, all for for the unforgivable reason of being UNCOOL or UNHIP. Compassionate, tollerant bunch, ain't we.

You quite simply do not know what you're talking about. You haven't been here long enough to KNOW what an anti-Freeper is, unless, of course, you're yet another recycled disruptor.

To characterize the way Jim and John Robinson and the moderators run this site as you have above just goes to show how little you know or have realized about what goes on around here.

It also sounds like you have some "issues" with other people disagreeing with you, and instead of considering the fact that some of YOUR views are wrong, you'd much rather insinuate that the rest of us are shallow and are here to chat.

To characterize the way Jim and John Robinson ...

I have not mentioned either of these fine gentlemen's names. Good try at expanding what I said, though. :)

I will admit I am not always in agreement with some of the varying "moderator's decisions.". Some seem arbitrary. Some appear to show complete bias. For example, revoking posting priveleges because someone offers a political opinion that did not involve any vulgarity, any threat, any hostility, any racism or any advocating of violence on a political website. (I can hear a collective gasp about the thread at this very moment. :) ) But instead of engaging in civil debate in these cases, it appears the moderator simply bans someone or revokes the posting priveleges. That's there perogative, I suppose.

As far as your accusation about my not being here for any length of time, I respectfully disagree. If you try clicking on my nickname and reading, you'll observe that I've been here under one name or another since 1998.

As far as my "issues" (the term reminds me of feminist drivel) are concerned -- I am indeed convinced that contrary to prevailing opinion, civil debate, humour and active discussion SHOULD BE encouraged and are what make FreeRepublic thrive, in my not so humble opinion.
Again, you may deem my opinion as heresy and that will simply be your opinion.

I really have to wonder what Leftists think of normal people when normal people become like the Leftist hypocrites we claim we despise and allow no room for dissent or varying opinion. Instead of debating the MERITS or lack thereof in someone's arguments, some claiming to be on the right instead call, for QUOTE bitch-slapping UNQUOTE or QUOTE banning UNQUOTE those they disagree with. And in case you are wondering, have I ever been intemperate in my views ? Absolutely. I'm not a machine. :)