Posted on 03/21/2004 11:52:41 AM PST by Beck_isright
A few days ago, the esteeemed host and founder of this foremerly great website invited me to do the following:
"654. To: JohnGaltfla (#367)
Oh, it's much better to go out in a blaze of glory. Martyrdom, 72 virgins, plaque on the "Great Ones" wall of fame and all that rot.
jimrobfr posted on 2004-03-19 03:29:45 ET"
Obviously, he was concerned that some of his better non-bot posters had abandoned FR for greener fields where our financial and intellectual contributions would be appreciated. It was amusing to watch former FReepers belittle, banter and blast JimRob in various forms.
I was wrong.
FR has changed.
Deal with that fact boys and girls.
Many of us grew up in a more conservative era, where our nation and our freedoms were first and foremost. Now we learn that it that is not the case. Principles are for losers according to the Bots and most of the ignorant posters here on FR. To create noise and call those of us who have been loyal to the conservative cause such creative and wonderful names as "Soros lovers", "Mobyites", "communists"(now that's a good one for those of us who have been overseas staring at AK-47's), "DUers" and names which are forbidden for me to mention but ok for the Bushbots.
The noise has driven off many of the best posters from this site. Now FR has become the Fluff of the RNC, posting such creative threads as "Pray for President Bush - Day 1276", "The Economy (Freep this poll)", " FReeper After Actions", "After Action Freep A.N.S.W.E.R. AUSTIN TX 3/20/04", etc...
It sounds more to me like everyone is proud of responding but no one has the convictions excpet for what the RNC faxes them. This election should not be about "Republican" v. "Democrat" principles. Neither party has any principles. If you morons believe that, then you are bigger fools than I thought. This is about the future of America an the viability of capitalism in this nation.
Why "FReepers" can not see this and hold "their man" to the Hamiltonian principles of limited Federal government and enhancing our freedoms by reducing dependency on any government. By controlling immigration, restructuring the tax system to pre-1916 form, and by enhancing the defense of this nation by using actions instead of words when dealing with foreign powers (little things, like enforcing the acts against nations which do business with Cuba, as Bush promised in 2000). Unfortunately you mind numbed morons don't care. If you're 401K shows a fiat currency positive figure, you're all happy as a fly in a cow pasture.
Go for it.
As Senor Cartman would say:
"Screw you guys, I'm going home"
Sincere question: If someone disagrees with you, do you consider it harassment? It seems to me that when some of the third party people who dislike President Bush (and declare their dislike for him in terms that are offensive to a lot of us) are met with opposition, they characterize that opposition in terms like "swarm", "pack", etc.
Maybe it's just sincere disagreement, by a number of different people. If you are in the minority in terms of opinion, I imagine it would feel like more than that. In some cases, it may be - I don't know - but most of the time, I think people just plain disagree, and they're just saying so.
It's a rather large political split, a division. Anyone out there that thinks this is good, is a fool. And it's being driven by an ever growing, big spending government, and out of control, wide open borders, IMO.
Ah, an opus from TOS. ;-)
Lower case? Ya sound weak. Are you okay?
When they hurl insults,personal attacks,and/or only slightly veiled impugnations,they called it "debate". Should someone respond in kind, or not even in kind, but in refutation to the positions they hold, they hit the abuse button, write letters to Jim and the Mods, and call it harassment, personal attacks,and worse.
What galls them, is that they are a very tiny minority here, as well as in the REAL world.
I don't plan on leaving, but it sure could be fun to write one of these.
I don't plan to leave either, but I've been toying with the idea for an uber-opus for a while..lol
Government spending has been high forever. Illegal immigration has been going on for a long time.
The split is new.
Not at all. The 3rd Party losertarian ideologues and professional malcontents account for perhaps 10% of FreeRepublic's membership.
Bush/Cheney - 83%
Kerry/Clinton - 2%
Constitution Party - 5%
Libertarian Party - 3%
Sit on hands - 2%
Other - 0%
Undecided - 1%
How many more posts do you have in you?
I honestly don't think I can manage more than 100,000 or so.
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