Posted on 08/05/2007 4:54:00 AM PDT by Tree of Liberty
True, and we should remember also that the majority of Freepers are older people than those at the kos. FR has many many retired people. That makes it harder to get a large enough crowd to make a lot of noise. Older people tend to be more conservative. Young people have all that energy, but they are stupid and witout life experience. We have to use our heads to get things done. Thank God for Free Republic, and thank God for Jim Robinson.
Thats the kind of insightful comment that beautifully illustrates the point I was trying to make.”
You’re really full of yourself.
Thank you for staying here with us simpletons while your peers have all moved on.
That is a profound rationalization.
The issue of the day is the war in Iraq. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Leader have denounced the war. Many small organizations representing the fragmented left will join to howl their support fot ending the war now, that very day.
Free Republic, a grass roots organization will muster a few, those who are always there rain or shine. The majority will stay home and make self congratulatory posts as they bask in the reflected action on the Mall.
Just happened to stop by after a long absence. See that most of the old-timers have been banned or run-off. Hmm. When you purge your most experienced and committed long-term posters over a *political disagreement,* of course you weaken your cause and tarnish your reputation as well as your effectiveness.
It's sad, because FR once was a powerhouse.
What have you been smoking, FRiend?
That's fine if you just want your own opinons repeated right back at you. I prefer open debate.
I don't know about the "jackals" who keep hitting the "abuse" button--if there was no actual abuse going on, why would people get banned?
While you’re at it, also ask for the stats on the percentage of posters broken down by sign-up date. I think you will find that most of the FR veterans were recently banned or shoved off by TPTB. Is that indicative of anything?
That is where the difference lies.
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Wrong, but true.
“Youth is wasted on the young.” —George Bernard Shaw
Cannoneer No. 4: I believe philetus just demonstrated your point.
actually, many of us would fax, make phone calls to many reps/Senators and make our voices heard as well.
I got 15,711
I meant in a central location rather than looking at each person's profile.
KOS is even more of a DNC site than liberal! Why no mention in this article of the purging of Cindy Sheehan at KOS? She was once their patron saint over there but now that she’s a thorn in Nancy Palosi’s side, she’s thrown under the bus!
Is Patrick Ruffini someone I should know? Never heard of him. But, he’s a pretty good axe grinder
Then your point is that JR and the mods---the people who banned the "Rudybots" apparently for their political views---are actually "AbuseButtonBots"---all you have to do to "get" someone banned, is hit the abuse button? Voila, it's done? No abuse actually has to have occurred? Button=banned, no thought involved?
Kewl. I did not know that.
Most Freepers aren't trust fund babies, who can follow the 'rock concerts' around the country to show support. On the contrary, we are the people who keep the economy rolling. There are other ways to raise money and get attention to our causes than just having conventions, and I don't think Freepers enthusiasm is less because they don't go to them.
What has impacted the enthusiasm of grass-roots conservatives, including many of us, is the way the RNC threw away the opportunity we gave them. They said if they had the majorities, and the presidency, that they would move our small government, conservative values forward, but they didn't. They gave us more big government, more intrusive government and paid lip-service to our values.
The big question now isn't what new internet rallying the right can come up with to stay ahead of the left's netroots, it's who we'll find to rally around that will follow through with their promises to us.
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