It is small tent, IMHO, because there used to be a rather diverse amount of conservatives here.
***The definition of conservative has not changed as far as I recall. That’s the tent. The folks who choose to come in are not the tent, and judging the tent by the number of folks who come here is the wrong approach. Since the definition never changed, the tent never changed.
The giant purge that occurred not only shaved a good amount of that off, it basically silenced a large amount of freepers who don’t 100% agree with JR’s opinion of what conservativism is.
***What giant purge? Are you talking about the bugzapper thread? Only ~30 freepers knocked out. They’re free to sign up under another name, so most of them are probably still with us. It’s JimRob’s right to define conservatism on his conservative website. The folks who come onto this website and try to convince JimRob that his definition is wrong are the ones who need to get a grip.
If that is what JR wants, basically everyone agreeing on his principals and no one else, heck, that’s his business. But it is definitely “small-tent”, and makes no sense to me.
***As I said, the definition of conservative hasn’t changed, so you can’t call it small-tent. See post #6 for the answer to this dilemma. The problem isn’t that non-conservatives have been coming, it’s that they’ve been hiding their liberal values and pretending to be conservative. Then, once these pseudoconservatives get found out, guys like you call the ensuing “purge” a form of small-tent mentality.