ConservativeXpress Proudly Banned From Free Republic! Thank You For Your ZOT!

ConservativeXpress ^ | 5/16/09

[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.

Posting from other peoples blogs.

Posting from your personal web site.

Posting from other peoples personal web sites.

Promoting your blog.

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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[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh oh. Houston? We may have a problem..........

[SoCalPol]

Cat stays home, won’t take him to the beach though he loves water.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well then...we may be OK. :)

[GOP_Raider]

LOL, I do kind of get spoiled here in Idaho not having to worry about things like that nearly as much.

I now know how my Dad felt trying to read the Chronicle and occasionally the LA Times when I was a kid. I’d tell him about things I’d read here on FR and he always says “well, now you know how I felt when we lived in California.” Leave it to parents to give you perspective on things.

[Misterioso]

Book found: http://tinyurl.com/ph8dmj

[smokingfrog]

Ditto that.

[backhoe]

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)!

I still have the book-- read it as a teenager... re-read it a few months ago, and tarnation! Still a pretty good yarn.

[Smokin' Joe]

...and for leaving this country wide open to future attack.

At least he has embraced securing our borders, which is a mite better than most, who really do leave us wide open to attack.

[smokingfrog]

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FR probably gets more traffic in one day than this guy has had the entire time his blog has been up.

[altair]

You must have been against WWII also by using the the same reasoning.

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in order to bomb Clark AFB a few hours later because we had colonized the Philippines. We had no business being in that war and the long term consequences (the "temporary" 90% top income tax bracket and withholding) have been a curse on the nation.

At least we finally did the Right Thing and freed the Philippines.

Face the real world and get a life.

I've lived and traveled all over the world. Do you ever get outside your mother's basement much? Just asking.

I retired from killing people in 1990 at the time of the first Gulf War. The bible says "Thou shalt not kill". Seems pretty simple to me. I am ashamed it took me 28 years to figure it out.

How many dead Iraqi women and children do you require until you feel safe?

[csense]

You people have bought the Usama Bin Laden line hook, line and sinker. Look at the FBI Most Wanted web site...Nowhere does it list him as being wanted in conjunction for the 9/11 attacks.

That's only because the Justice Department has never filed any formal criminal charges against him, which means he's never been indicted by a grand jury, and it's been the practice of the F.B.I. to only include formal indictments on their wanted list. It simply reflects a formality, that's all. It has nothing to do with any conspiracy or lack of evidence.

Now go crawl back under the rock where you came from.....

[Mad Dawg]

You’re happy to have been Zotted.
We’re glad you’ve been Zotted.
It’s a win-win!

[Old Sarge]

Ah, the dulcid tones of Lady Sylvia Spankhurts.

Thank you!

[dforest]

It must really get to you. If FR sucks, why does it bother you so much? You should be glad to go away.

Go play in the traffic. Geesh.

[WVKayaker]

...How many dead Iraqi women and children do you require until you feel safe?

I give up. How many dead ones does it take to make us safe? Do you understand jihad? Do you approve of suicide/homicide bombers? Did you quit beating your wife?

If you have "retired from killing", you may want to curl up in a ball and wait for them to come for you! You probably killed a few mice, or roaches!

[altair]

That's only because the Justice Department has never filed any formal criminal charges against him, which means he's never been indicted by a grand jury, and it's been the practice of the F.B.I. to only include formal indictments on their wanted list. It simply reflects a formality, that's all.

It was important enough to go to war, killing thousands of young Americans and a million Iraqis, but not important enough to go through all the legal hoops? That's something the Democrats do.

Now go crawl back under the rock where you came from.....

Not this time. Your kind gave us John McCain as a candidate and an illegal alien as president. The Republican party needs a strong kick in the butt towards the right and that does not mean killing everyone powers that be say are opposed to us.

Vice President Cheney, regardless of his views, was a disaster for the party. With his heart condition, he could not possibly have been (and was not) a candidate for President. He never should have chosen in the first place and should have been replaced on the ticket in '04 (with Ms. Rice, as I posted in 2002/2003). It takes outstanding idiots (like Algore, Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford, Hubert Humphrey) to lose a presidential campaign after being Vice President. It's even more stupid to put someone on the ticket who cannot run.

I enjoyed winning in 1992. The Contract With America was a wonderful platform and people voted for it! I'm tired of losing and I will not go away. I hate what happened to my once beloved birth state (California) and I hate what is happening to the US now.

I'm sure I would not be 100% happy with a President Rice right now, but I'm positive it would be better than President Obama.

[exit82]

Ah, the Marriott, the Hyatt, Seaport Village.

Coronado,Mission Bay, Pacific Beach......

Wonderful pictures of a wonderful place.

Wife and I have been to San Diego three times—’91,’95 and ‘02.

We once thought we would retire there, the climate is wonderful, the city exciting, the area beautiful.

San Diego is out of sight in living expenses now.

The only reason I would want to go to California now is to see Reagan’s Library in Simi Valley.

I hope your once proud state can survive the Terminator. He has been a disaster, as a Governor, as a Republican, and as a person.

[altair]

If you have "retired from killing"

I was a cold warrior defense contractor in the 1980s. The stuff I worked on got fielded starting in the 1st gulf war.

Ignoring the rest of your message. If the gulf wars have helped make you safe, my hand was in that.

[csense]

Go away, You’re an f’ing idiot.....

[WVKayaker]

Ignoring the rest of your message.