Posted on 05/27/2005 8:31:06 AM PDT by JoeV1
I wonder if the rules on this forum are applied equally? Several weeks ago I was denied posting privileges because I jokingly advocated a "plan b" in fighting the so far failed war on illegal immigration. My "plan b" was to have border guards retreat to within 200 yards of the border and while fitted with night vision goggles simply drop any illegals attempting to gain access to America.
Now frankly I am not concerned with the fact I was denied posting privileges for a day(reason given was "advocating violence")but I wonder if the folks who post pictures of exploding nukes over text that calls for turning the middle east, or N Korea into a glowing heap of slag. were also denied the ability to post. I did a cursory check and found the names of the posters associated with the nuke threats posting regularly after the aforementioned posts appeared.
Is it possible that some are more equal then others here? I have been referred to as a "newbie" as if that somehow makes what I say less credible then someone here a longer period of time. I believe opinions are opinions and the length of forum membership does not serve to make ones credibility stronger.
It does seem that there is a "good old boy's" network operating here and the old timers are given more leeway as far as the rules then are the newer arrivals. While I have been a FR member for only 8 months I have been an avid political forum debator for 8 or 9 years on places such as the NYT, WP, LAT and others.
There was another incident in which I was accused of a personal attack although I was merely responding to an attack on myself. I never used profanity and merely responded in kind to another whose main complaint was that I was wrong in criticizing the post of another person because that person was a 5 year member. I was also told I didn't know what I was talking about. This resulted in a few back and forth retorts which I frankly found amusing and in no way took as an insult.
I thoroughly enjoy verbal jousting and never shrink from a confrontation. It appears that others see fit to run to the moderator at the first sign of getting back what it is they dish out. It is at that time that I believe the good old boys network comes into play.
If any of you would like to see the posts that caused this simply ask and I will happily post them.
Don't know but if true wondering what took Mod so long!
You got that right!
Nothing I hate more than a poster that doesn't match my narrow point of view.
For what it's worth, I really like your tagline. :-)
If you'd seen some of the stuff CBG posted on some of the anti-ILLEGAL immigration threads, you'd be wondering the same thing.
That was a nice surprise, to become friends like that.
I haven't ever been suspended, but one time I was suprised I didn't.
For good, this time. :)
"My "plan b" was to have border guards retreat to within 200 yards of the border and while fitted with night vision goggles simply drop any illegals attempting to gain access to America."
Sounds good to me.
Do you realy know what it is that you are doing?
CBG had a few good points but those were easily outweighed by his hate-mongering and race baiting.
I bet if Ann Coulter were to sign up on Free Republic under her real name (and could prove to us that it was really her), FReepers wouldn't refer to her disparagingly as a "newbie".
It is a privately owned site, not a collectively owned site. The conservatives who donate hard-earned money to help keep the forum up and running wouldn't keep doing so if they had a beef with how Jim runs the show. The money is handed over with no quarter asked in return.
I would love to know who the former FReeper was who wrote such bilge.
True.
Go sit over there.
Welcome to Earth.
"Do you realy know what it is that you are doing?"
And you are exactly...who?
A person wondering why you would want to commit suicide by post??You do know joe went down becase of his views , right?
I promised to never post questionable anti FR garbage again.
Good for you, glad to see you are still here. There are many disgruntled ex freepers that have had their feelings hurt and try to extract revenge by posting such drivell on the net. I have met JR and shaken his hand and had lunch along with hin and other Houston FReepers, He is a good man and there is nothing fake about him, I consider it an honor to be a member of this forum.
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