That constitutional protection against government control of speech does not apply to private forums such as Free Republic which is solely controlled by its owner. “people can speak their minds….”
Yeah, folks with small minds can spew their hate and disruption without penalty, except losing election after election. “That doesn’t mean that nutty comments predominate here.”
Unfortunately, this forum is primarily judged and respected (or not respected) based upon the nuttiest posts, not the most learned and elegant. “I find most people here very coherent….”
< Then you haven’t been watching very closely. Most of the posters here habitually and continually inject adolescent attempts at humor into the threads rather than purposeful and informative comments.
“...you know?”
No, I don’t know what you believe that you know.
Bruce: “That doesn’t mean that nutty comments predominate here.”
Buffalo: “Most of the posters here habitually and continually inject adolescent attempts at humor into the threads rather than purposeful and informative comments.”
Bruce: So now you’re against humor here too...what else will you prohibit? Why not start your own Board with your own ‘finer club’ principles? As to not watching closely, it’s true I certainly do not spend hours/day here reading every string (in fact it’s impossible to track 300,000 people - so neither do you!), but in my experience there are good exchanges of ideas and generally encouragement for conservatives. Also, many links and much information, as people read the background articles and blogs.