What, no Wizard of Oz photos?Here is Christine Gregoire. Close enough? :^)
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.
Now you're swearing.
That's what I mean by "ungovernable."
I have the same problem. I do a lot of deleting, but some things get posted before I've sense enough to edit them.
I guess leftist allegations carry a lot of weight around here.
Talk about mischaracterization....
I have read many of the threads about this project, including those of the organizers. Numerous times it was discussed what kind of "protection" one should bring with them. Sniper rifles and sidearms were the norm. Now, protection in the field with sidearms is fine, ....Sniper rifles???? Hmmmm...wonder what those are for.
What is that?
It's quite telling that the word "damn" offends you but you have yet to refute or reprimand Asgard for his bold face lies.
Just damn.
Howlin, his post is ludicrous; you honestly think anybody's going to take him seriously? He's complaining about "funny kitty pictures" posts....and I've never seen a rude post by meek, yet. Unless by "rude" he means one disagrees with his viewpoint and tells him so.
lol....i hope you're running....fast.
alas...the Lott affair....bad memories.....FR devouring itself again.
there is a whiff of that here Spiff.
In fact, I have. :-)
What, no Wizard of Oz photos?Here is Christine Gregoire. Close enough? :^)
wardaddy: i hope you're running....fast.
FOFLOL!
Okay, I'll commit one sin by not reading the whole thread before replying...
The AdminMods warned us over a year ago not to let the Illegal Immigration threads get personal. Since then, they've gotten very personal and it wouldn't surprise me if somebody said something to bmwcyle to get his/her dander up...
I'm generally a really easy-going kinda guy...ask anyone on the Canteen. I've been taunted by some posters on these threads and been tempted to reply in kind.
To be perfectly honest, I'd say that JimRob and the Mods have been quite lenient for quite some time.
Yes, and the dancers behind him. They repo-ed the house much the way banned posters have had their priviledges removed (15 seconds?). This is a great site and I can only imagine the reactions are similar (head in hand, etc.)
Do timeouts exist? This might be of interest.
I'm late to this party (or is it a food fight?), but wanted to support your decision and thank you. Such an approach will also preclude some of the libs who would like nothing more than to divide and conquer conservatives on such matters.
Man,
You must have alternate portal IDs lined up like a battalion.
My thoughts exactly!
asgardshill and I have talked both publicly and privately about these two issues. 1. Illegal immigration 2. The difficulty of discussing this issue and others with civility.
I hope the Indoctrinated Flying Monkey Union can dictate somewhat from where you do this flying.
No open carry is allowed. No rifles - sniper or otherwise - will be allowed. Anyone carrying must have a CCW from their home state, I believe. Wandering around in the brush near the border is dangerous. Doing so without adequate protection is irresponsible. Gilchrist is going to have a hard time enforcing these rules I think, but in the end it will keep things from getting out of hand. I hope. But it could go either way.
Pardon me for butting in here, but I'm pretty new here, and haven't had any problems of the sort you're talking about. I have posted to numerous threads, many of which I suppose you would consider controversial. I've bumped heads with posters who have been here far, far longer than I...and still, I haven't managed to get myself banned or suspended. Hmmmm....
P.S. All due respect to Howlin, but she ain't my FReeper "god", lol!
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