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?
Why not bring back the banned Paulistinians and Hunterites too. What so special about Rudy tooters?
Bring back the dasher!
heck no
At some point, FR got rid of those who weren't pro-life enough. Then the believers in evolution. And the atheists. Then the free marketeers who supported the Dubai deal. Then Rudy backers. Some Paul fans. And on and on.
Every time another group is labelled "impure", we lose thoughtful debate, good humor and lively threads. A couple of years ago, I would double over in laughter on all sorts of threads -- thousands of different people with different outlooks sharing their online time together. Making fun of each other sometimes, but mostly making fun of the Left. We were different in a few ways, but still enjoyed each other.
I can't remember the last time I laughed along with a thread here. Everyone, including me, seems to keep their heads down, afraid to offend the wrong person or a mod. Afraid to find themselves on the side of some future "impure" position for the next purge.
I still enjoy FR as a great news aggregator, but can no longer find debate. If someone deviates from the line of the day, they're labelled a liberal or RINO and that's the end of the discussion. Not very interesting and certainly no fun.
It's Jim's site and he can and should do whatever he thinks is best. But for me, I still miss the fun debate site of a couple years ago.
McCain: Same-sex marriage ban is un-Republican
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/mccain.marriage/
John McCain on gay marriage Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWAWSoQeBbQ
John McCain Flip Flops on Gay Marriage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeBw28tX5Nw
Straight Talkin’ McCain Takes Both Sides of Gay Marriage Amendment Debate
In 2004, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he opposed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage:
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue of same-sex marriage, taking to the Senate floor to call a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban the practice unnecessary — and un-Republican. “The constitutional amendment we’re debating today strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans,” McCain said.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/29/mccain-gay-marriage/
McCain vs. Pro-Lifer supports embryonic stem cell research.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvl3sDW8T9c
Re: McCain On Abortion (Unedited Full Quote) He prefers the concept of the party of inclusion you know like hands across the isle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Trbaufpok8
So now we end up with McCain with out a whimper on those vital issues such as Gay Marriage, and supports embryonic stem cell research, vacillating on roe vs. wade as of now but supports later, huh?
He will always be a hand’s across the isle guy!
All other candidates were bashed out of the run so we could end up with this?
I’d personally be happy if McCain supporters were banned.
Ken...you know I’ve always liked you, and respected your posts.
I respect this thread, too.
You’re a good guy.
They weren’t banned because they supported Rudy.
In fact, most who left weren’t banned at all.
They chose to leave.
I miss a few of them, too.
..welcome home, Ros—and thanks to JimRob...
..I received an e-mail from the McCain campaign the other day, wanting money—I told them they were banned for life...
An open letter to Jim Robinson: Consider a general amnesty for all the banned Rudy supporters....
Are the McBots not liberal enough, you want Trudy supporters as well?
BRING BACK MILLEE!!!
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Do you seek opinions from those of us that don’t run this site ?
Why not freepmail JR on the issue ?
My OPINION, ya seem to seek, is that those banned were just hostile, rude and made personal attacks on those that didn’t agree with them. Got to agree to disagree sometimes or get the boot. Not so much per se that they were rudybots etc , more like disruptor’s.........:o)
Don’t let em back if they were warnedbefore they were banned.
Just my opinion of course !
Stay Safe Ken !
I like this idea of a general amnesty for all the banned Rudyites. We need them back here to help us fight against the Hillobama Beast.
We especially need Howlin’ and Mad Ivan.
Here’s the real problem with Amnesty. Most of them were warned and warned and CHOSE the ZOT. Yeah, because they didn’t care or didn’t think it would last. Give them amnesty and you’ve set the standard for total Murderous Libel in your posts and if someone gets banned, ah, who cares, they will be back and all is forgiven. Do that, and any hope of real civility will be lost.. forever... gone.
Jim, they chose suicide, there is no honor due in suicide. Let them stay dead or clone some new screen names.
Word!
I’d consider this amnesty, thank you for asking,if we consider banning all the Limbomaniacs!
The amnesty for Vietnam deserters has worked out so well.