What do dinosaurs & archeology have to do with a conservative website?"
As a conservative site, Free Republic is also a forum for news of the day and a study of society in the U.S. and around the world (from a conservative point of view)...If we limited ourselves to the topics you mention, it would soon become a stale and unimaginative place to visit.
I have been lurking this forum since 1999 and I do understand some of the points you make concerning a brain drain. However a five or six fold increase in membership since then is sure to skew any real data concerning IQ's of members or quality of discussion.
I come here because I enjoy it...I like the topics, (from dinasaurs to Star Trek to Ron Paul) but mostly I enjoy the commaradary of my fellow Freepers... We may fight amongst ourselves from time to time, but when push comes to shove we know that we are a collective force to be reckoned with...
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I come here because I enjoy it...I like the topics, (from dinasaurs to Star Trek to Ron Paul) but mostly I enjoy the commaradary of my fellow Freepers...”
Same here. Read post 152 that I was responding to.