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Not so ‘Free Republic’: The Shot Heard Around the Net
The Conservative Voice ^ | Feb 11, 2005 | by William Gheen, President, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC

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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To: nikos1121

No one sees your private replies except your intended recipents unless you or they share them with others. I do not view them or screen them in any way, shape or form. Neither does John (our systems manager) or the moderators. Your private mail is intended to be private.


81 posted on 02/11/2005 11:14:34 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

I am violently opposed to the "not-an-amnest" amnesty, an I'm still here. I figure the whiners are just Nazi trolls...


82 posted on 02/11/2005 11:14:40 AM PST by Little Ray (I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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To: Seth Monroe

He didn't propose amnesty. He proposed a guest worker program in which if illegals wanted to stay here, they'd not only have to be registered, they'd have to have a sponsor and be able to prove they have a job.


83 posted on 02/11/2005 11:14:46 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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To: Jim Robinson
Final note: I do NOT support open borders or illegal immigration.....

Good Deal !

84 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:01 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Jim Robinson
Me neither, Jim, and neither do I support the attitudes or motives of those who praise rushing to the border with guns, nor the racist undercurrents of those who advocate "borders-language-culture." And anyone who claims to doubt or disbelieve the motivations of President Bush in this or any other issue should consider contributing to another forum.
85 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:03 AM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Always Right

The problem is spreading. You may see them picking fruit and bussing tables now, and eventually you'll see the ER bills and other associated welfare bills go up.


86 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:13 AM PST by Bella_Bru (You're about as funny as a case sensitive search engine.)
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To: Jim Robinson

This might be the biggest thread since Hillary "collapsed" last week.


Also, Jim thanks for providing all of us with the forum to vent our spleens on many issues.


87 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:43 AM PST by Zivasmate (" A wise man's heart inclines him to his right, but a fool's heart to his left." - Ecclesiastes 10)
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To: Jim Robinson

I am the grandson of LEGAL immigrants and am strongly opposed to illegal immigration, but not to immigrants per se. I think a large, well-guarded wall along ALL U.S. land borders would be a good security measure for our country. If I was a poor peasant in some other country, I would dream of coming to America, too.


88 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:55 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: cripplecreek
I dissagree with the president on this one but have yet to be purged. Should I prepare my opus?

It's very difficult to post an opus once you've been purged. It's been done a few times, but typically those threads get yanked. It's really not worth the effort.

So who exactly got booted?

89 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:58 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: retrokitten

I think so too.
Hopefully the moonbats from DemUn get bored or their munchies run out so we can see how many of the trolls are here from the WaPo and other assorted usual suspects.


90 posted on 02/11/2005 11:15:58 AM PST by Darksheare (Red Sun rising, Drown without inhaling. Within, the dark holds hard. Higher than hope my cure lies.)
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To: Jim Robinson
For weeks the moderators have been suspending and banning new members that chimed in quickly on the immigration debates.

Translation:
For weeks I have been trying to use JR's very influential web site to promote my agenda and he won't let me. Waaaaa.

91 posted on 02/11/2005 11:16:30 AM PST by Joe Driscoll
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To: cake_crumb
Not all who claim to be conservatives really are. Some are just trollish infiltrators, drunk on their own cleverness.

Not to mention that by tolerating vigilante groups opens the site up to a significant amount of legal liability. Let the vigilantes pimp their blogs elsewhere. If your interested in that kind of thing, it's easy enough to find. In the meantime, if and when the excrement strikes the oscillator, we don't want to get splattered. And who the heck are these "open border" posters? Anyone I've ever seen posting that crap gets flamed so fast a banning is an act of mercy!

92 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:02 AM PST by gracie1 (Visualize whirled peas!)
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To: DTogo
"The 2% I don't support is the "guest worker" program UNTIL our borders are secured and immigration laws are enforced."

BUMP

93 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:12 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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To: cake_crumb

You appear confused; check this out:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=amnesty


94 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:23 AM PST by Sloth (I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
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To: Mr. K

You must be one of those Capitalist types.
; )


95 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:45 AM PST by SmithL (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?)
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank's Jim, and thank's to your assistants, and for your site. I strongly disagree with ILLEGAL immigrants, but legal immigrants are okay. This "undocumented workers" crap is just that and those trying to distort the issue of our soverniety show be "called to task".

Thank's again Jim.

96 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:49 AM PST by Yosemitest
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To: Jim Robinson
I say," Rock Salt in their behinds on their way off the site". Oh YA, that what pulling posting privileges must feel like to them. Good Job, JimRob!!!
97 posted on 02/11/2005 11:17:59 AM PST by OldSgt. (USMC, Nam Vet, HMM-165)
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To: Bella_Bru
The problem is spreading. You may see them picking fruit and bussing tables now, and eventually you'll see the ER bills and other associated welfare bills go up.

Well, but that isn't really an immigration problem. That is a problem with activists judges who grant full citizenship rights to illegals and mandate that we have to school them, hospitalize them, and provide them welfare benefits.

98 posted on 02/11/2005 11:18:16 AM PST by Always Right
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To: Jim Robinson

Jim,
I just realized that this is probably Nathan Tabor's attemt to drive traffic to his site, nothing more, nothing less. He knows that he would get a lot of attention by writing this article.


99 posted on 02/11/2005 11:18:30 AM PST by mnehring (cBS- Fourth Column, Fifth Estate, Disinformers)
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To: hispanarepublicana
BUMP

No one cares if people come here... just do it legally.

100 posted on 02/11/2005 11:18:37 AM PST by maui_hawaii
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