As Norm pointed out to you earlier, during the Recall when so many grassroots conservatives were feeling totally ripped off on the Recall we started, here were suddenly a bunch of dismissive FReepers who descended upon us like locusts and wouldn't let up!!!
A lot of us felt right then that a lot of the FReeper "family" had turned against the conservative "movement" and was "stoning" us with boxes of rocks because they were convinced we were dumber than a box of rocks for supporting some colorless conservative "because he didn't have a chance and we were gonna screw everything up and might as well be supporting the Devil himself!"
They even recruited the owner of this site to their point of view, although he was never anywhere as abusive or intense or offensive or oppresive or insidious as some of our offenders who really got way out there and drove a lot of "us" away or into just lurking. You know my skin is tough, but like you, I lost many FRiends around that time and I still miss all of them, as you do yours.
In fact, I miss some of those recently dismissed, or who withdrew just as you had done for a while. I don't know about you, my FRiend, but I'm old enough to remember that back in my parent's day, people didn't talk religion and/or politics in polite company as everybody KNEW they were the two most volitile subjects among humans. I'm a non-practicing Amateur Radio Operator and traditionally, those two subjects are taboo!!!
FR is almost all about religion and politics and it's just amazing to me that there are so few flame wars, purges and hurt feelings! It is truly a marvel!! So please thicken your skin and stick around so we can enjoy each others company except on those subjects we disagree to the point of losing our manners to some extent, ok?
...during the Recall when so many grassroots conservatives were feeling totally ripped off on the Recall we started, here were suddenly a bunch of dismissive FReepers who descended upon us like locusts and wouldn’t let up!!! A lot of us felt right then that a lot of the FReeper “family” had turned against the conservative “movement” and was “stoning” us with boxes of rocks because they were convinced we were dumber than a box of rocks for supporting some colorless conservative “because he didn’t have a chance and we were gonna screw everything up and might as well be supporting the Devil himself!”
***Yup, sounds like the same thing happened again, only this time on a national scale. I was one of those supporters of McClintock. The situation today for president is very similar to the situation right before aRINOld entered the race for guvner. He won the state because he had the media in his back pocket, and Fred probably has the same advantage once he jumps in. But just because we’re gonna see a whole buncha repubbies jump on the fred bandwagon doesn’t make him the best candidate. I’ll continue to support Hunter through the primary season. He’s the best one out there.