[eyespysomething]

Newbies can go nowhere and not get flamed.

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I mean c'mon, most of us went through that. It's like a rite-of-passage.

[TPartyType]

I think there should be a safe haven somewhere on Free Republic for the more delicate types among us. It's good to be tough-minded, no doubt, but there's something to be said for decorum and civil discourse, too. I think FReepers are deep enough thinkers and magnanimous enough to allow for both.

Valuing decorum and civility is part and parcel with conservatism, IMO.