Posted on 05/16/2009 7:03:22 PM PDT by trying17 (AKA DrGop0821)
Even Sean Hannity has written off Free Republic, saying "Everyone I knew basically left because of so much childish immature personal attacks, the propensity there to eat their own." [Listen to Sean Hannity’s Statement about Free Republic. ]
I was suspended from "conservative" site Free Republic for having an opinion. It's amazing that a so called site dedicated to "Free" would ban someone for having an opinion.
I encourage anyone to feel free to post my material on Free Republic or elsewhere as I will no longer be posting on that site. (If anyone knows of other open forums similar to Free Republic please let me know.)
There are many amazing people over there who support true conservatism and value the opinion of others in the name of advancing our cause.
However the site is too often dominated by a select few radical Right Wing nutjob bullies who are completely intolerant and hypocritical. They are no better than the Liberals they speak out against. Many simply nitpick and chastise others just to make themselves feel better.
The hypocrisy is astounding and intolerable at times.
My account was "Zotted" according to their lingo for being a "troll".
Many "FReepers" complained that I was "pimping my blog".
However, from their own "rules":
For all of you who have blogs or personal web sites that you would like to discuss or promote on Free Republic, here's the place to do it.
Our Bloggers & Personal forum is for:
Posting from your blog.
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Promoting other peoples blogs.
Promoting your personal web site.
Promoting your favorite web sites.
Posting from your favorite outside forums.
Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!
Zot - verb, to get kicked off FR in an undignified manner That's what most people think "Zot" means, but it's not correct.
The history of "Zot".
There are one or two individuals who, for whatever reason, enjoy signing up new accounts here every single day to post leftist drivel. Sometimes they are vanities from DemocraticUnderground. Sometimes they are articles from other far-left sources. Sometimes they are nothing but vile doctored images or profanity laced tirades. Sometimes they are from legitimate sources but happen to strike the eye of the poster as being something that would infuriate conservatives.
The posters in question always post the articles, and then don't reply. They then post other articles, again not replying. This was going on for months. Jim would confirm by looking at the IP addresses and other aspects of the user's 'footprint' that it was the returning troll, and we would nuke the accounts. This went on for months.
Then some of the opportunists who wanted to harm the forum started a whispering campaign, complaining about articles being deleted. They would play off of the fact that the trolls' articles were being pulled to complain that there was some sort of agenda of squelching legitimate conservative postings going on by the moderators.
One day I decided to try something new. I decided, instead of letting the trolls get what they want and have their posts up as flame bait, and instead of pulling the threads outright, I would move their post aside and replace it with something that hopefully others would find humorous. I would do this out in the forum for all to see. The original piece would be available through the history link for the curious, who could see if there was some sort of censorship campaign going on. And the freepers could have fun mocking the troll if they so liked.
It so happens that the way I did it the first time was using a screen shot from Caddyshack, where the pastor gets hit by a lightning bolt. Being a bit of a fan of the comic strip "B.C." I captioned the photo with the lightning bolt sound that Johnny Hart used in his strip- ZOT! That is where the term Zot originated.
Now, sometimes we "zot", and sometimes we simply pull it. It depends on a number of factors, including how busy we are at the time. But whenever you see a Zot, you can be sure that the user was a 'newbie' who was doing their hit-and-run posting, and that if you as a well-established freeper thought the article would have made an interesting discussion, then you could probably post the same piece yourself without incident (although the most vile of the stuff probably would get pulled, and Jim reserves the right to remove anyone who he feels is constantly trying to push leftist propaganda on the forum). Anyway, that is the history and background behind zotting.
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I will continue to do my part to advance Conservative ideas and bring down the radical Left.
Free Republic sucks!
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It is. I joined during the disaster of the 2000 election. Went away for awhile when all the neo-cons made it clear fiscal conservatives weren't wanted.
I'm back in the disaster of the 2008 election.
May I suggestion?
(Washington couldnt tell a lie. Clinton couldnt tell the truth. Bawny Fwank cant tell the difference BUT 0bama Can teleprompter.)
lol
Ron Paul is not a RINO. He’s more like a radical Republican, that make typical Republican blush. Ron Paul is for wholesale dismantle of government departments
Unfortunately, it seems that even many conservatives are opposed to returning to the US Constitution.
Hart also stole it, but dropped the final 'z'.
"Zotz! is a 1947 novel by Walter Karig and a 1962 movie, directed by William Castle, about a man obtaining magical powers from a god of an ancient civilization.
"Amongst science fiction fandom, the word refers to a useless, unwanted gift. ... source Wikipedia
I read the book over 40 years ago. Point finger at target; say, "zotz!", and target drops dead. Still a good story; find it and read it, but ignore movie.
From my own decades in "organized" fandom, I can testify that it was usually shortened to, 'Zot!'
BTW, the Fickle Finger of Fate is pointed at you...ZOT(Z)!
Ba da ba da BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Steve, Steve Schmitt (Sorry if I don't have McPain's campaign manager's name spelled correctly), is that you?
Sure sounds like it.
Just throw in some Palin-bashing and picking on social conservatives...
PaulTards are clueless.
Is there a contest on for 150?
I know there are true Conservatives in the Northeast. But, too damn few of them.
I was raised in New Mexico. We toted guns around as teens. I later lived in Arizona, Utah, Texas, Alaska, and now South Carolina.
My uncle came to visit in NM about 20 years ago.
Understand, my uncle was raised in NM and after college, went on to serve the FBI until he retired. He was mostly working for the FBI in VA, NJ, and DC during his carreer.
When he came to NM to visit, we took him out to shoot. He was freaking that we had TEC-9’s and SKS’s and Mini-30’s. (He had been in the NE too long)
He had a blast shooting all the various rifles and pistols.
He had a mindset from living in NJ and DC.
While in Alaska, it was common to see folks walking on the highways with pistols on their hips, and carrying a rifle.
I loved living in Alaska.
I own 150
sweeeeeeet
I would characterize Ron Paul as the Republicans' Lyndon LaRouche; or at the very least, Dennis "Cousin Itch" Kucinich.
You nailed it!
Ron Paul excused Al-Qaeda’s attacks on America: In the single most repulsive moment of the entire Presidential race so far, Ron Paul excused Al-Qaeda’s attack on American with this comment about 9/11,
“They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years.” In other words, America deserved to be attacked by Al-Qaeda.
This is the sort of facile comment you’d expect to hear from an America-hating left winger like Michael Moore or Noam Chomsky, not from a Republican running for President — or from any Republican in office for that matter.
thats a good point...there is definitely a whole different culture up here...
Whatever you think Dr. Paul's faults are, does it make you feel any better that he dropped out of the race and Barack Hussein Obama won?
Just asking.
I don't think the government has any place regulating morality, or inside the bedroom, but I do believe murder is murder and abortion is murder. If there is any single issue I will vote on, that is it.
(And I think Dr. Paul would have made a great conservative choice for President in 2008, Paul/Palin would have been a killer combo).
I take it you missed my post #45.
Cindy Sheehan was a supporter of RINO Paul
Damn! If I had read through 45 comments before posting, I wouldn’t have had to post #144!
And now I see that you’ve already seen that, too.
I need to find these threads earlier.
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