Of course I'm not proud of the name-calling, from either side (and it is important to remember that it came from both sides, by the way). The ends don't justify the means. But, that said, what needed to happen, happened. Could it have happened without the vitriol from both sides (there's that word again, "both")? Likely. In the heat of argument, things are said. Again, if names hurt you that badly, how can you stand to be online? I've had my heritage, my ethnicity, my sexual orientation and preferences, my intelligence... all questioned at one time or another (not that much on Free Republic, however). I don't put much stock into insults or names from people who are online, and who have never met me.
So your side lost this one. It happens. It'll happen again. Find a better reason to be upset than "I didn't get my way", or "they were mean to me". The victim role is very limiting.
The fact is that this place is owned and run now by the one thought is the only thought police. People have left this place in droves from the attacks overwhelmingly from your side. This used to be a place where all opinions were welcome and respected even if they were wrong. Not anymore, march lockstep or face the rath of the "Conservatives".
If you support this President your not welcome at FR. I would rather fight the good fight and lose than turn my back on President George W Bush.
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