Posted on 02/11/2005 10:55:36 AM PST by Jim Robinson
The shot heard around the Internet has been fired on FreeRepublic.com The owner Jim Robinson and his moderators have launched a sniper style purge against members that disagree with the President’s ‘guest worker’ amnesty or support more control of illegal immigration. Free Republic is an amazing tool for those looking for a good debate and news from around the country.
The problem for the administration of the site is that their creation is allowing the participants to learn that the Bush immigration record and plans are shockingly out of line with the views of most conservatives. The management’s answer to this conflict between the majority of conservatives and the influence of the White House on their Web site has become electronic executions and censorship.
Members and readers of Free Republic would be surprised to know that many members of their community have fallen silent on the discussions about illegal immigration lately because free speech is an illusion on FR.com. They are silent because they have been banned from the Web site without warning, cause, or explanation in most cases. For weeks the moderators have been suspending and banning new members that chimed in quickly on the immigration debates.
Now this trend has broadened as the first groups of long-term users were suspended or banned this past week. Although Robinson and his staff removed many members of the Free Republic community in the first few days of the purge, those that religiously support President Bush’s immigration plan, open borders and approve of public benefits for illegal aliens remain on the forum. Those that were banned were the members that wanted more done to control illegal immigration and a strict observance to the President’s Oath of Office.
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right now you are just an uninvited sack of manure straining the already thin ice that many of us left standing who shared views with those purged are left with.
so go interject yourself somewhere else....try bayourod or once-ler....lol....hugs all around.
hahahahahahaha... what horse manure... 90% of FReepers, at least, want stricter controls on illegal immigration... would be a lonely place if this crap were true.
The Israeli fence is 72 miles and American equivalent would be 5,000 miles(3,000 mile American/Canadian border, 2,000 miles American/Mexican border).
And you're not.
Shame, your posse is winning the field today.
It must kill you to read ALL these posts proving that the vast majority of Freepers are NOT vigilant anti-Hispanic.
The whole "let's just get W through this election" mantra was just a canard -- as if anyone truly believed that the local brown-nosers had any intention of holding W's feet to the fire after the election.
Well, at least DeLay and Sensenbrenner are making headway.
If you're JR Ewing, I love you. If you're Ann Richards, you're my enemy.
Love yer posts. Hope all is well.
Works for me. Thanks!!!
Uh .. well, uh ... Hillary herself could be stationed at the border and she'd even scare off those young male immigrants with one look at her. They might turn around and go back thinking this is representative of the typical middle-age American female.
Not that Hillary is that unattractive but well, uh, uh ..
Think I've said enough ; >
Disclaimer: This was all said in jest but Hillary ain't no "looker"
Whatever you want to think and say wd, I ain't stopping you.
Just some advice, perpetual bitterness has a way of consuming ones life, look at the vast majority of democrats.
"No-brainer" indeed. That's just it.
A porous revolving-door border makes NO sense in a post-9/11 world.
For some reaaaaly odd reason the President and this administration hasn't seemed over concerned about it -- EVEN SINCE 9/11.
Aaah...it must have something to do with "strategery."
We could use the $1700 per year per illegal the problem costs us now to build the fence & save our kids the expense. Cool.
So right you are.
There is a line somewhere.
I have had some difficulty explaining where it is, because it is complicated.
A person who is pro strong borders and anti illegal can be many other things as well.
Wow, you really are a sore loser.
Reality must suck for you.
i'll never be able to trust meek again.....but i still think he's funny.{grin}
I see you have your facts correct...but what's your point? Are you trying to say that because doing the right thing is going to be hard and costly, we shouldn't do it?
That's what I read in your post...am I wrong?
Heard around the internet? He's kind of full of himself, isn't he?
Thanks for the ping. Jim Rob's house, Jim Rob's rules.
If you don't like it, join A+Bert and others else where!!
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