[cupcakes]

Sometimes it can say a lot. I haven't been on long under this name, but I dismantled, by my own request, an old persona in the hopes of taking a break, quietly, from FR(no one ticked me off, I just spent too much time posting here;-). Didn't last long and I just signed back up rather than bother with getting my persona reinstated. The old one was registered in 01, but I know I've been lurking here since 98 or 99. Just because one doesn't have an FR "pedigree" does not mean they are fake. I suspect except for outright tomfoolery, one has to wait a few posts in to figure out who is legit upon sign up and who isn't. I always say check the bookmarks too. Folks who aren't planning on staying here, generally don't bookmark articles to keep in their repetoire for later reading or reference.

[mdmathis6]

Certainly new Freepers join all the time. My point was that when you see a thinly disguised leftist post coupled with a new arrival date, it says that our Moby friends and DU'ers have been trying to infiltrate us like mold spreading on bread! Of course we can do the same thing to them...but check out the DU policy on joining their discussion boards...it's more draconian then our own! We Freepers can tolerate some disagreements as long as the poster is honest about where they are coming from and what their motives are. If one is a liberal and forthrightly admits it and tries to argue logically about their point a view(and can endure the flames,) that's one thing, but disengenuousness should get any troll banned! The DU'ers don't want any conservative posters...open and honest or trolls!