For old times' sake.
Posted on 06/25/2002 3:42:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The following email is being circulated to our members by various disgruntled former FReepers:
Subject: The Future of Our Free RepublicDear Fellow Free Republic Member,
Many of us at Free Republic are distressed by the extraordinary level of censorship that has been so obviously going on. It is very obvious that individual posts, entire threads, and the entire work of members who have been highly regarded are disappearing into a Memory Hole.
Scores of us have organized an e-mail network that is independent of the communication controls presently, and sadly, being used at our Free Republic. We have carefully documented the unmistakeable evidence that most of the posts, threads, and posters that are vaporized completely are overwhelmingly targeted for their political stance on the Right. These are not Leftwingers. These are not even Middle-of-the-Roaders. These are not disruptors. These are not foul-mouthed delinquents. These are fellow patriots on the Right who disagree with the controllers of FR on specific issues that are now hotly debated by the Right. We have documented that FR will parade before you, as if to hide all of the great posters whose work has been destroyed, a straw-man delinquent that has been banned. This is deceptive.
Treating these fellow patriots on the Right so shabbily is not right. As shabbily as those banned into the Memory Hole are being treated, the most shabbily treated of all are all of the good folks on Free Republic themselves. We came here for honest debate. Free Republic advertised itself as a Forum for honest debate. Without that honest debate...everything at Free Republic becomes shabby.
We can do much better. As a measure of how intense the simmering feelings have gotten among members on this unjustifiable use of deleting, censoring, and banning please link to the following thread. You will notice that one simple and sincere plea from one of our finest members has spontaneously touched off a prairie fire of approximately 500 posts in a mere 18 hours. If it isn't Memory Holed this thread may shoot into the thousands.
If you would like to receive anonymous updates of information concerning the hundreds of Freepers who have networked via e-mail to restore the wonderful honest debate to Free Republic, just drop an e-mail of just one or two words if you like for extreme brevity to:
StopCensoringUs@hotmail.com
And, here's that link back to the snowballing thread at FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/704701/posts
Thank you so much for giving your thought to this vital matter for our Internet home.
Sincerely, StopCensoringUs@hotmail.com
I'm telling you what I believe to be the case. (and I'm in a pretty good position to know)
If you want to act like a bonehead, that's your problem.
Ignore what?
A half-dozen pissed off people who got banned?
I'm pretty sure FR has weathered far worse.
Well, I shore did like Michael Rivero. And Clintons a liar and Black Jade and I still love others here that are soon to be banned.
Always vote Republican!
Hey! Look at me! I love Republicans. Don't pay attention to how they vote.
Mojo?
DANG!
I hate when that happens.
No... I'm sorry but Mojo's not here.
Try the local AF hangouts.
It's been real, and it's been...and well you know the rest of the story...
G'nite
It's been real, and it's been...and well you know the rest of the story...
G'nite
So nothing posted by Todd Fahey was deleted?
It would not surprise me if you didn't...
For old times' sake.
I think we are trying to find out why it was redirected
Michael Rivero? The Michael Rivero who now has a website named "whatreallyhappened" which is pushing the Saudis interesting views on Jews, including that they were behind 911? The site in the top four links on any Jihad/Suicide-bomber-recruitment site?
You are joking, of course ;).
The only thing ever deleted at LF to my knowledge, was information specific to the identity of a poster who wished to remain anonymous. (which is the policy of LF)
Does that meet with your approval?
Is he claiming squatters rights?
Why don't they just LEAVE?????????????????
Why, who would believe you?
First you were outed already that's cause Robinson has let people like you ruin the site. Plain and simple. Just like when you started whining and pushing the abuse button when BillyRay posted the thread defending Billy Graham from the organized Jewish attack on him as an anti-semite. That thread was up till this morning now its vanished down the memory hole of deleted Free Republic threads that don't meet the approval of the Israeli first crowd around here.
Second, no one believes your state elects 2 Jewish senators with a Jewish population of 1/2 of 1%. There must be some sleepers there somewhere.
Fear not... If you keep gripin about 'em, they'll get banned.
They always do.
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