You may be right.
You'll never see me opus, but I agree with some of what those (former) Freepers are saying, hence my tagline.
And this is the last month I'll be parting with any of my $ for FR.
I'm sad to have to do that.
However, there's only so much irrational invective I can have flung my way before I stop having to pay for it too.
I stayed away from many of the Schaivo threads and only made a couple of posts on the WPPFF thread, but now I feel like I was silent too long.
Until the "Terripalooza" happened, I was a diehard FReeper, so you can only imagine how less enthusiastic folks feel.
~CD
Bump.
I stayed away from ALL of the Shiavo threads and rarely posted on the WPPFF thread - I think you are correct.
It's survived immigration, the 2000 primary and 3rd parties, Keyes several times over, the AWB debates(when Bush stated his willingness to sign), the Patriot Act debates, Elian. It's even survived internal office politics. If it can survive that, it will survive the Terri Schiavo case.
That said, I do there there are too many bannings and worse - calls for bannings and mod running by cliques and individuals that can't handle debate or different opinions.(The running to the mods like a kindergardner particulary irks me) That probably shortened some of the tempers by some. That's just my own opinion and not my call to make. I also think that part of this is flareup from previous cases and issues and just erupted with the border issues flaring up just before this.
I also think part of the flareups is the loss of the enemy. Klinton united all. Al Gore and John Kerry were easy to dislike in the election years. There were also the gubenatorial and congressional elections in 2002. The enemy is gone, and there's no presidential election for 6 years.
I think it'll get back to normal in the 06 elections, flare up some more infighting in early 07, and then it's primary season 08.