I think this thread has hurt Free Republic, yet there are many here who think it has helped.
What I know is that many of the people I’ve known and admired over the years are now gone.
Some say that is an improvement. I don’t. I always felt we could handle civil disagreements without demanding a ban.
It’s not like arguing with Kucinich supporters.
If the forum wants to ban the supporters of the GOP frontfunner, well, that’s a watershed event.
It had better be successful in making sure he’s not the nominee, because if this forum becomes a place to trash the GOP nominee heading into a crucial election the applause from DU will be deafening.
And I’m sure I’ll be invited into the bugzapper by those posters with froth coming from their mouth. You guys are so cool.
Therein lies the problem. The incivility became awful; my guess is that Jim decided he had to put a stop to it. Since both sides were equally guilty, all else equal if you must pick one to ban you're going with the more liberal one.
When someone implies the Constiution is not to be taken seriously, they’ve crossed a line, I think.
Nicely said.
If the forum wants to ban the supporters of the GOP frontfunner, well, that’s a watershed event.
***That isn’t what’s going on here. It is a cleanout of the most liberal, mean-spirited anti-socons, most of whom seemed to be supporting that social liberal rudy. There are still a lot of rudy supporters on free republic. If this were a purge of rudybots, they’d all be gone.