I was trying to support rebel_yell2 all day yesterday.
He was accused of hateing the Usa & Israel. Told he was a moron for vacationing in Lebanon ( when he was just doing his job ) . He was accused of lieing about even being in Lebanon. He was branded a newbie . He was told he deserved what he get's because he is in an Arab country etc... He was accused alot ! I was disgusted reading mean comments to him. He only asked for advice when he started the thread freeper trapped in Lebanon. He has been a freeper since 1998 .
If you see that happening again, please ping me and I'll help you defend him. I've been on a few threads doing that but haven't paid that much attention until this thread caught my interest because it seemed like he was taking the most heat here.
I'll tell you one thing -- good freepers do NOT act like this. Even if good freepers have a few suspicions, they keep them to themselves until they see something that proves their suspicions.
The day I don't support a freeper in a war zone is the day I'll leave Free Republic.
And, I meant to say (I hit that post button too quickly) is: Thank you for supporting and defending Rebel.
If I were ever in a crisis and came to FR hoping to vent, I'd hope that people would just understand the emotionalism involved in the crisis and let me vent unless I got outright ugly.