The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of FreeRepublic [OK I'm a liberal so ZOT me!]

[OK Im a liberal so sue me]

The Good:

This site is very popular (for some reason) and is one of the most visited on the internet. It may be the most popular forum site, which is why I post here even though the viepoints expressed here are decidedly different from mine.

The Bad:

This site really sucks. I mean it used to be interesting, but now it's nothing more than a father version of Lucianne.com where all that's allowed are the latest kneepad tributes to President Bush.

The Ugly:

I would like to say this site is racist, homophobic, sexist, blah, blah, blah. But since those are no longer the talking points of the RNC(to hold on that 5% of minority votes, I assume), it wouldn't be correct to say that. What is truly ugly is that Visa logo on the front page with "support freerepublic" inside it. If that is not trademark infringement, it surely is gross shamelessness and bad taste. I mean, come on guys.

[dighton]

Would you like some cheese with that whine?

Soliciting, I see. Five cents per pound into your secret account.

;-)

[Catspaw]

Look, I am NOT going to allow California to overtake Wisconsin top dog in cheese production. And those nickels mount up, you know.

[Humvee]

Obviously a liberal - First thing he/she thinks of is a lawsuit.

[Humvee]

Obviously a liberal - First thing he/she thinks of is a lawsuit.

[Spartano]

That must hurt. In ancient Sparta they used to do that to the liberals.

[Humvee]

Obviously a liberal - First thing he/she thinks of is a lawsuit.

[JesseHousman]

It may be the most popular forum site, which is why I post here...

Let's see. You registered today and have no other posts.

I guess you just keep registering under different handles and you should get banned as soon as our moderator wakes up.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Hmmm . . .

Yes, the threads can frequently be mundane (like this one). So is the news, sometimes . . .

[Lead Moderator]

I don't want to wake up yet. It's cold outside!

[Beck_isright]

Goodbye troll!

[Johnny Gage]

Obvious a repeat offender here, since I've seen a very similiar post in the past.

Don't go away happy, don't go away mad.

JUST GO AWAY!

You asked for it Troll:

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

You know, I can remember when we used to get a much, much classier (and more interesting) breed of troll 'round these here parts than we do nowadays...

Not to mention trolls with at least a working knowledge of the English language...all we get are illiterates these days!

[Phaedrus]

I would like to say this site is racist, homophobic, sexist, blah, blah, blah. But since those are no longer the talking points of the RNC(to hold on that 5% of minority votes, I assume), it wouldn't be correct to say that.

You Libs always have been better with screaming, shouting, stomping your feet and holding your breath 'til you turn blue than with reasoned argument. That's why adults are in charge here. Free Speech allows you to have your tantrums over at DU.

I give you these words from Thomas Sowell in his column on 11/27/2003, with which I, and I presume most here, agree:

A careful definition of words would destroy half the agenda of the political left and scrutinizing evidence would destroy the other half.

Now since Sowell is Black and you so freely accuse others of racism, I assume you also agree since you see the world in black and white. Or are you adolescents also hypocrits? Silly me! Of course you are!

[Catspaw]

Nice ZOT Johnny. It should be added to the ZOT collection.

[glock rocks]

I am even now considering voting for that angry fire hydrant guy, what's his name? Harold Dean?

Sharpton. I'm going with Sharpton. Oh, and I'm burning my visa card.

[ImpBill]

Well you may have done it "your way", but this just might be your final curtain under this nickname anyway. Something tells me you have been reincarnated a number of times in the Freeper world.

[Yardstick]

You almosted started an interesting discussion with some vailid points.

You're right, this one was more intriguing than the usual boilerplate. Oh well, it's history now.

[Moose4]

If you think all that's allowed here are kneepad tributes to W, you haven't done much reading. President Bush catches a LOT of flak here; how much of it is deserved depends on your political viewpoint.

}:-)4

[Phaedrus]

They show so little imagination ...