[ken5050]

Let me be very clear. This is your website, you set the rules, and I never questioned your right to take the course you did.

But I, like many others still here, miss the contact, and the comments of many good friends we'd made over the years, and I know (from my contacts with them) they they also have missed FR.

So, is there a way that we can start anew?

[ken5050]

FYI

[Petronski]

Not all.

Most.

[dforest]

Why grant amnesty? It comes back to bite you in the behind?

[evets]

MCCAIN /GIULIANI '08 !!!

[Lost Dutchman]

Weird. I supported Rudy and I am still here. Maybe it was something else they did.

[Mr. Jeeves]

But why would they want to come back? I’ve been (unjustly) banned from one site recently, and I have no interest in ever going there again.

[TexasCajun]

I would say it depends if they were Candi-Freepers, who signed up only recently and only to pimp their candidate. ...campaign workers.

But, you said it, it's up to da boss.

[tiredoflaundry]

But I, like many others still here, miss the contact, and the comments of many good friends we'd made over the years, and I know (from my contacts with them) they they also have missed FR.,

BTTT

[mdittmar]

Let’s not bicker over who banned who.

[wagglebee]

One of the more unfortunate, and unpleasant events on FR was the mass banishment and/or leaving of a great many Freepers who were supporters of Rudy Guliani for the nomination.

I do not remember a single FReeper being banned for supporting Rudy, what I remember was that nearly all of them were banned because they were pushing a liberal agenda or complaining that conservatives had "their feet on the neck" of the GOP for too long.

Plus, Jim has let a lot of them come back, but some were so nasty toward the end I wonder what purpose would be served.

[deport]

Curious.

Could you list the names of some that you are referring to?...

[Redcloak]

You need to remember that those who were banned were not banned for supporting Rudy. They were banned for promoting liberal causes in their support of Rudy. This is a conservative website. Those who promote liberalism would be happier elsewhere. Jim just helped them on their path to happiness! : )

[EternalVigilance]

For a bit of context:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

[Cinnamon Girl]

I haven’t quit FR even though I’ve had enough of the anti-McCain clowns and their tired, self-absorbed rantings.

[The_Victor]

A lot of long time FReepers have been banned, and of my FRiends that are no longer welcome here, none of them supported Rudy. I would just like to see a reconsideration of banned accounts.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Here I am trying to be reasonable again ... most of the Rudybots were downright ugly and deserved to be banned. Others did everything they could to get banned. Have you reviewed the longs threads lately?

If you miss them that much, there are places to find many of them. Since some of them are your 'good friends' and you are not precluded from communicating with them without FR, why subject everyone else to the venom that they spew when riled?

Additionally, many of them have reappeared and been banned for the second, third and subsequent times. Let them plead their own cases if they want to come back that badly.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

There is an unwritten rule in golf where if the male driver does not exceed the length required to surpass the woman’s tee’s . . .

[MitchellC]

I'd say no. Most of them got banned for being bomb-throwing jerks. Same as with all the purges. You'd think that when you're on someone else's website, you'd tread lightly when you have a major disagreement with the owner, one that extends from his deepest convictions.

Nope, not most of the Giuliani/Paul/whoever else supporters. Civil discourse was beneath most of them, and now they cry on their blogs and forums about being banned? I say let them stay there.

[dforest]

By the way, funny this thread comes up right after the sorrowful demise of ETC.

Wow!

[Sloth]

Heck, I think any McCain supporters who act the same way ought to be banned, too.