Actually, I think hhc's point is that some of the same people who could be described by the moniker of 'Rudybot', tended to be, IMHO, vile and abusive posters (wonder if there's any 'howling' at this comment) on this site. In fact. some of the same were instrumental in getting some long-time Freepers banned because of differing views. In fact, there is a thread lurking in the smoky backroom somewhere where members of a particular coven were openly talking about how nice it would bee to see more people banned. I believe that coven is among those now departed.
You mean posters who replied to simple statements of disagreement with responses such as “up yours asswipe” and similiar uncalled for vulgarities?
Oh, wait. That was Jim Rob who said that.
Anyone who is “vile and abusive” should be banned. But claiming that JR and the mods were somehow used by a “coven” of ideological opponents to effect a remote-control purge of the true conservatives is beyond tinfoil.
And so what if people express the desire to see others banned? Did those people have the ability to ban posters? Uh, no. That would be JR and the mods, wouldn’t it?
Yes, that was my point ;-).
And I was referring specifically to the Manson Girls.