Too many isn't that many and it's nice to hear your views are supported. If you watch CNN or Fox News all day long it is overkill. So I suppose if you stay on FR all day it sounds like a lot of parroting. I read a few threads and move on to other things and sites, so I appreciate what the posters on FR have to say and I don't feel I'm preaching or reading to hear my views parroted back. A lot of Freepers are waaaaaaay more conservative than Americans in general and their wish to have a country, that quite frankly never was, isn't going to happen. But I admire their outspokeness and consider their points of view. I'm sure we all in some way influence each other.