sometimes FReepers will say or suggest something that sounds like something a nazi would say or do.
It's simply true that that is the sort of behavior for which the nazis and Soviets were infamous
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I have to say that I am surprised at the above. It is more representative of the kind of thing the MSM would say about FR, rather than what a member of FR would say.
It's the Arlen Sphincterization/Lindsey Grahamization of the Republican party. Try not to offend the opponents.
Trouble is, like the Islamofascists, our 'Rat opponents are offended that we draw breath.
There are two things going on here: first, I'm expressing my personal opinions about some of the things I've seen here. And second, I'm trying to see FR as an outsider would see it -- because those are the folks the MSM is trying to convince.
We need to honestly address the question: has FR (in the contents of its threads) done anything to bring this upon itself? The answer is yes, and we should not try to minimize that fact.
For the first, that is my personal opinion about some of the posts I see here. I do get the feeling that for some FReepers, race "explains" criminal behavior. If I, who have been here 9 years, can sometimes get that impression, imagine what an outsider, with no sense of how FR works, might conclude.
As for the second two (which are actually part of the same example), it's quite simply true. There are FReepers who advocate the same tactics that the nazis and soviets used, and for the same reasons. It's fair to point that out to them.