Free Republic has been out of touch with the American voting public since the 2006 elections.
Amen!
No question about it. However, FR is NOT out-of-touch with the Conservative Wing of the Republican Party. Good luck electing a liberal without the energy, enthusiasm, volunteer time and effort, and turnout that the Conservative Wing can supply (if it is not slapped in the face, by nominating a liberal like JulieAnnie)
Maybe you Rudy-apologists can do it without us, maybe not. We'll see, but good luck anyway.
There's always something for which to be grateful.
Cordially,
FR at most times is an echo chamber of thought in my opinion.
Echo Chamber definition:
Metaphorically, the term echo chamber can refer to any situation in which information or ideas are amplified by transmission inside an enclosed space.
For example, observers of journalism in the mass media describe an echo chamber effect in media discourse. One purveyor of information will make a claim, which many like-minded people then repeat, overhear, and repeat again (often in an exaggerated or otherwise distorted form) until most people assume that some extreme variation of the story is true.
Due to this condition arising in online communities, participants may find their own opinions constantly echoed back to them, and in doing so reinforce a certain sense of truth that resonates with individual belief systems. This can create some significant challenges to critical discourse within an online medium.
So why do you post on here then?