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Today | Myself

[VRWCmember]

I was here for over a year before I started whining.

How long did it take you to quit whining?

[Focault's Pendulum]

How long did it take you to quit whining

Hey! I'm no quitter!

[VRWCmember]

What ever happened to chanel?

[HairOfTheDog]

You mean I have to choooooose?

[jriemer]

I hate chat.

Grumpy Smurf, is that you?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

So what is the definition of "lefty discussion sites" and what are acceptable sites?

What is the etiquette and where is it posted?

Flaming the newbies may be good entertainment but depending on what you are trying to do on this site, is it really productive?

And finally, do you really want new people to use FreeRepublic or is this your private club and we should all just go away?

If so, there are other places on the net where we could spend our time.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh come on.... this guy didn't get flamed, this thread was in fun, as most of these are. And I think it was a very productive thread... Look how much we got Laz to open up!

[amused]

I miss BluesDuke as I really enjoyed his insight on the matters of baseball(at a political site no less!). I still read his website every now and then though.

[murdoog]

This doesn't have a lot to do with what happened to you , but it's a good opportunity for me to gripe about the "No VDARE articles" policy. They had an excellent article about that left-wing harpie Jane Elliot that I tried to post, only to get the "VDARE postings are not allowed here message". Feh.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, I'll put it this way. Free Republic was never intended to be a liberal debating society. I've had way more than my fill of debating the leftist point of view. Free Republic was established for "like-minded" individuals who are fed up with liberalism and corruption and want to take direct action against the left through activism and the ballot box. The time for talk has long passed. Time to block the bastards on the street and to kick them out of government (ie, vote them out of office). If you are not of like mind or are uncomfortable with the operation here, then, by all means, vote with your mouse.

[Jim Robinson]

Oh, well. VDARE is not welcome here. Never will be. If that's what you want to read, then knock yourself out. But don't bring it here.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Free Republic was established for "like-minded" individuals who are fed up with liberalism and corruption and want to take direct action against the left through activism and the ballot box. The time for talk has long passed. Time to block the bastards on the street and to kick them out of government (ie, vote them out of office)

YES!

[isthisnickcool]

Big deal! Sometimes stuff happens! Thank goodness they didn't pull this important post.

THAT would have been horrible!

[TomB]

Get over yourself?..come on, show civility...

I did.

I should have told him to shove it up his a$&.

I'm tired of newbies strutting around here whining about not getting their way.

[TomB]

Be nice to newbies.

I am.

But I'm only nice to those newbies who don't wallow in their own self-importance.

[El Conservador]

I wholeheartedly concur with your statement, but it's good sometimes to read what the enemy says, so we can learn its arguments and counter them without recurring to name-calling, something liberals are fond of.

Liberals don't do that, since they considers themselvers the holders of the truth, and they call names and try to find a way to silence us, just like they've tried with Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage.

If we know what liberals say, then we'll have the instruments to defeat them in their own game.

If we just limit ourselves to the "conservatives are good, liberals are bad" diatribe, we've simply fallen to their name-calling, bad-argument game, which that's all they know, since they're incapable of logically debating.

I don't feel discouraged by the fact that I've been called a whiner (although it may have been jokingly): I'll stick to my guns and will keep coming, because I absolutely love Free Republic: It gives me a break from the blatantly liberal environment I'm surrounded by (college campus).

I'll be here always, no matter what.

Sincerely,

El Conservador

[DBtoo]

The first time I posted I was very shy and nervous. I was naive enough to say so, and some lady attacked me for it! But I get your point about new posters who act like they rule the place; I've seen that too.