1) As I noted earlier, their forum membership date usually is around or after November 2000.
2) The excessive use of the pronoun "you" in an adhominem style which is generally designed to discredit the messenger and thereby ignore the substance of the critical comment.
3) An attempt to canonize the reply by tying it to a sacred cow thereby making an further comment unethical or blasphemous or both.
Two replies on this thread fit that profile. The two replies were posted by members who joined FreeRepublic in the specified time frame, utilized the "you" word 18 times in an adhominem style and both replies worked their sacred icons into the response.
If any member is going to spam a topic promoting a candidate they should be prepared to defend their candidate under critical scrutiny. No one benefits when critical, political comments are met with vitriolic nonsense, especially in the form of personal attacks. We all usually hold our noses at the polls but FreeRepublic is the place to debate the issues on their merits.
I repeat. Good luck to you in November.
May I help YOU become more adequately informed about it by posting a link for YOU?
btw, YOU are aware that it's HIS forum, aren't YOU?
signed.........ohioWfan, lurking since January 2001, joined up in March, 2001.
"If any member is going to spam a topic promoting a candidate they should be prepared to defend their candidate under critical scrutiny. No one benefits when critical, political comments are met with vitriolic nonsense, especially in the form of personal attacks. We all usually hold our noses at the polls but FreeRepublic is the place to debate the issues on their merits."
You are fully aware of all the reasons we support the re election of George W. Bush, and you are fully aware of the many things he has accomplished during his term, under very trying circumstances. You just wanted someone more conservative, but have no candidate to represent your personal ultra conservative views, and they have to be ultra conservative...because George W. Bush is Conservative, but not conservative enough to your liking.
Who says George W. Bush has done "nothing" for conservatives?
Particularly post # 1368.