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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".

The government just can't stop them from speaking their mind.

But it can where Ivor lives and writes his collectivist drivel. Canadian Christian pastors can get in trouble with Canadian law if they tell their congregation the truth of how God hates the sin of Sodomy but loves the sinner enough to have died on the cross for him or her.

A quote from the Canadian Association for Free Expression website:

Sadly, freedom of speech and freedom of belief have never been under such attack as in the 13 years since the Charter of Rights and Freedoms became the law of the land. People have been sent to jail solely for the non-violent expression of their political beliefs. Human Rights Commissions have run amok. The Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, was recently fined $5,000 by an Ontario Human Rights Commission tribunal for refusing to proclaim Gay Pride Day in 1991. Telephone messages across the country have been suppressed in a million dollar campaign by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to shield privileged minorities from views they find offensive. Ontario and B.C. both have draconian laws preventing pro-life Canadians from expressing their views outside abortuaries.