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Free Republic: glass ant farm for zealots
Globe and Mail ^
| 10/27/06
| IVOR TOSSELL
Posted on 03/08/2007 11:40:55 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc
I would love to see an article by this same guy on DU and its DUmmies. If he writes the same type of article, if he says basically the same things, he might be called fair and balanced, but somehow, I think not.........
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:59:02 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Britney Spears shaved her head............Well, that's one way of getting rid of headlice.........)
To: conservative in nyc
So the Globe and Mail is just as lazy, biased and agenda-driven as almost every other mainstream media outlet. Surprise, surprise.
BTW, I wonder just what the circulation of G&M really is...LOL!
To: conservative in nyc
Generally, the other side does not single out something like FR unless it is unnerved or threatened by its presence.
It is interesting how the vile hate and vulgarity of DU & MoveOn.org get kid glove treatment compared to FR being excoriated for exposing a candidate's phony war record (when that candidate's "platform" is essentially that so called record).
Facts=Paranoia; That's the left for you.
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posted on
03/09/2007 4:59:34 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there)
To: conservative in nyc
Sticks and stones may break my bones but liberal name calling will never hurt me.
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I don't care.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:00:20 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(It is time to stop the left at the wall.)
To: Allegra
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:00:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Britney Spears shaved her head............Well, that's one way of getting rid of headlice.........)
To: Red Badger
I would love to see an article by this same guy on DU and its DUmmies. If he writes the same type of article, if he says basically the same things, he might be called fair and balanced, but somehow, I think not......... Never happen, Skinner would "tombstone" him! ;0)
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:01:59 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(The greatest danger to our troops is the Congress of the United States.)
To: conservative in nyc
This is all Ann Colter's fault.
On one of the crybaby threads, someone posted that Ann is the reason the Left hates the Right.
But someone needs to tell this sob if he does not like what is posted and discussed on Free Republic, don't go there.
I don't go to DU because I do not like Democrats and the type people that are there.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:02:07 AM PST
by
sport
To: Drango
"his article is gay Edwards." Excellent neologism.
The article is so Edwards!
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:02:18 AM PST
by
Leisler
(REAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS WALK)
To: conservative in nyc; Jim Robinson
But if Free Republic has a virtue, it's that, unlike other pressure groups, it's transparent: You can see the cogs turning, the anger mounting, the members joining the half-baked me-too condemnations that will surface on tomorrow's news agenda. It's like a glass ant farm for zealots. It's a little stomach-turning, but man, they're diligent little things. It's hard not to stare sometimes.The guy admits he's hooked on FR. Why? Because it is interesting, it is a force to be reckoned with and it can be outrageously funny.
For all the handwringing about the 'quality' of postings on FR (which, BTW, has been an ongoing complaint by original Freepers since the first newbie joined and 'dragged down' the level of debate), Free Republic is still the most popular political discussion forum in America.
And that is with no advertising, no fawning press coverage, and an ever expanding number of competing forums--and despite all the knuckledraggers posting here :-)
Thanks for posting this article. It was a great way to start the day!
To: EternalVigilance
"IVOR TOSSELL - I wonder what his screen name is..."
I believe it's "Ima Tosser"
To: tiredoflaundry
His "hit piece" will draw more (of both sides) to FR than he might realize...........
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:03:36 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Britney Spears shaved her head............Well, that's one way of getting rid of headlice.........)
To: conservative in nyc
Ah, so what you really want is political correctness? Perhaps that should be reserved for the DUmmies who seem not to be mentioned in this article who spew hate and profanity at every other sentence. Some of the discussions here at FR are lively, to say the least, but the mods do a great job of following rules which keep it pretty civil.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:04:20 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: conservative in nyc; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; ...
Fanfan & GMMAC - a ping for the list. Is search not working properly, or did we somehow miss this Globe and Mail article back in October?I would have missed it as I never read that liberal rag.
Canada ping.
Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:05:47 AM PST
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: The Raven
It's a hateful place that, if the world was working as it should, would be relegated to the Internet's endless fringes, where conspiracy theorists and pyramid-power believers roam the wasteland. But what's interesting about Free Republic is that, despite having attracted a crowd of the most paranoid, xenophobic and reactionary characters the political landscape has to offer, it continues to find itself in the news. "If the world was working as it should" interesting comment by this guy.
One thing I like about FR is that its basically the spectrum of the Republican Party, from Rockefellers to Reagans to Bushes. Pro aborts to Pro life. Open immigration to shut down the borders. Isolationists to free traders. If anyone spent enough time here they would be shocked at the diverse views on this conservative website.
As for the Dixie Chicks (I have to say that if they were right wingers the leftys would crucify them for that name of theirs) I know people who never go to FR and care only slightly about politics who threw their Dixie Chicks cds away. Those girls screwed up.
As for this writer, he needs to understand free speech. The Chicks can say what they want and the rest of the country can voice its displeasure. The government just can't stop them from speaking their mind.
Of course now that the media is a political wing of government run by the Democrats its easy to stop certain speech from being used. We are, of course, trying to make the world "run as it should".
To: conservative in nyc
Free Republic really didn't orchestrate anything against the Dixie Chicks except in Natalie Maines' head To Natalie: WHO'S YOUR DADDY ?!
To: conservative in nyc
Obviously written by a sissy faggot..
With Ann Coulter delusions..
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:11:28 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: conservative in nyc
A select few of freeperdom have wildly extreme views, but most are within the bounds of normalcy (at least on most topics: personally usually within the bounds of normalcy here, but on at least one topic tend toward the extreme (Globe and Mail probably wouldn't consider it extreme, though).
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:13:01 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: conservative in nyc
Those are pajama-wearing ants in that glass farm.
In NYC, eh?
We NYC FReepers ought to get together for dinner at Mama Mexico on the Upper West sometime soon.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:19:12 AM PST
by
Vicomte13
(Le chien aboie; la caravane passe.)
To: Red Badger
Exactly! Because of hit pieces such as this one, we will have more "lurkers" come to the site. Some of these "lurkers" will agree with Tossell. There also be "lurkers" who will feel the "rush" when they read something they felt deep down inside , but were afraid to express it!
There is still a "silent majority" in this country, FR is it's voice. Some will agree, and some will disagree, but heck that is what makes the world go round.
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:20:16 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(The greatest danger to our troops is the Congress of the United States.)
To: EternalVigilance
his screen name is probably "LiteInTheLoafers" or "PrettyInPink"
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posted on
03/09/2007 5:21:01 AM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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