[wardaddy]

See you around then.

BTW...don't think this is a backslapping old boys club.

Folks here have serious division.

In case you are unaware, you may go to ClownPosse or Liberty Post and see the fringes of FR from both extremes.

Race, immigration, dope, evolution.....all bring out the long knives here.

Both those anti-freeper sites do have some decent exiles though....I don't wish to tar them all.

BTW....arguing online rarely changes anyone's mind.

It's a mix of projection, narcissism, friendship and news gathering here. ...and a place to organize activism.

I hope you're not battling windmills. My experience on leftist sites is that they are intolerant of dissenters...even more so than here.

Have fun.

[LoveDoc]

My experience on leftist sites is that they are intolerant of dissenters...even more so than here.

You're absolutely right, though they claim otherwise.

However, I do think it's useful to debate liberals on-line for a number of reasons.

First of all, you get to learn their game. They really only have a half dozen or less arrows in their quiver and, once you identify them, it's not hard to stay two jumps ahead.

The ultimate value in debating liberals on-line however is with a view towards the future - the possibility of shaping public opinion before a neutral audience.

So many conservatives I've seen on talking head shows (with the exceptions of the masters like Ann Coulter) get blindsided by ridiculous liberal attacks that they should have seen coming.

Unacceptable...

LDoc

Ps I didn't realize even FreeRepublic was so divided. Thanks for the heads up.

[LoveDoc]

My experience on leftist sites is that they are intolerant of dissenters...even more so than here.

You're absolutely right, though they claim otherwise.

However, I do think it's useful to debate liberals on-line for a number of reasons.

First of all, you get to learn their game. They really only have a half dozen or less arrows in their quiver and, once you identify them, it's not hard to stay two jumps ahead.

The ultimate value in debating liberals on-line however is with a view towards the future - the possibility of shaping public opinion before a neutral audience.

So many conservatives I've seen on talking head shows (with the exceptions of the masters like Ann Coulter) get blindsided by ridiculous liberal attacks that they should have seen coming.

Unacceptable...

LDoc

Ps I didn't realize even FreeRepublic was so divided. Thanks for the heads up.