MSNBC to Cover Pulled Free Republic Thread on Monday's David Shuster Show

Twitter and Daily Kos | Saturday, July 11, 2009 | Kristinn

[paulycy]

Since obama was elected, I’ve seen an increase in posters who made comments that were odd.

There is a harshness to a certain percentage of FR posters that I dislike and that I think takes away from the seriousness of the serious debates. (As a poster of many silly pictures and dumb jokes, we'll leave that part out of it!)

I've been posting since November. It's still hard to know when to punch the abuse button unless it is so obvious that *everyone* would punch it.

I'm still learning the ropes but a little bit more adherence to the forum rules seems appropriate to me if we can do it without becoming the PC-style speech police.

[Stentor]

We need to know what your standards are so we can come up with stuff just this side of your barf standard.

I'm beginning to suspect that we've got some kind of country club vs. bar and grill division going on. All these tender feelings are "disquieting". No street fighting with the leftwingtards. Might get blood on our Ascots.

[Brad’s Gramma]

1999

[muawiyah]

I remember when we were discussing the intimacies of the President’s penis ~ as was Congress and the MSM.

[DJ MacWoW]

When I see a poster call another poster an a**h*le, I hit abuse. Jerk? ok. But obscene names? Not ok.

[buccaneer81]

Jim pointed them out himself when he posted and removed that offensive thread.

I was the poster of that thread. There was nothing wrong with it, save for a half dozen ding-a-lings posting crap. I respect Jim's decision to pull it, knowing that those six posts would override the other 160 legitimate comments.

[jackv]

That is unbelievable stuff. That list should be put out for everyone to see just what this woman and her family were dealing with. Believe me people have no clue and I am sick of hearing the “wise ones” criticize Palin for stepping down as gov. This is beyond sick. It's evil. And they are attempting to further distract from their trash by focusing on FR???? No comparison!!!!

[flintsilver7]

George Orwell, call your office. We have thought police.

[TheInvisibleMan]

‘You haven’t posted any examples. (I’ll remind you that the use of the word “ghetto” does not make one a racist.)’

Good God!!!

The owner of this sight listed of long list of racist posts and then pulled the thread.

Are you living in a parallel universe?

[Lakeshark]

Racism is not welcomed here on FR, and to suggest otherwise is incredibly disingenuous.

Well said.

What say you saquin? Can you prove him wrong?

[combat_boots]

I hope you have read some of the Terri threads then. Those were bad days.

[DJ MacWoW]

I don’t remember obscenities. I remember “close tags! close tags!” I thought everyone on here knew a LOT more than I did so I didn’t post much at first. But I don’t remember calling one another obscene names.

[DJ MacWoW]

I remember when we were discussing the intimacies of the President’s penis ~ as was Congress and the MSM.

Something that I could have done without! Ick!

[buccaneer81]

I remember “close tags! close tags!”

LOL! Me too. And A+Bert going bananas.

[ladyvet]

Oh no! I love a good opus. We don’t have many of those anymore. They have to ramble on and on. :-)

Yes we must have an opus!!!!

[Freedom2specul8]

I so agree!!! Under normal circumstances (which clearly the prez of czars isn't normal) you would think they would be frugal with taxpayers money. Someone mentioned on another thread how previous President's wives were frugal, like during the depression. The President's wife paid the salary for her asst. I think it was on the thread about the 1st woman in charge and her entourage which was something like 20 people?

[TheInvisibleMan]

‘I was the poster of that thread. There was nothing wrong with it, save for a half dozen ding-a-lings posting crap. I respect Jim’s decision to pull it, knowing that those six posts would override the other 160 legitimate comments.’

Oh! just a little bit pregnant.

[muawiyah]

The correct spelling is, of course "GETO" ~ according to Professor Cantor who wrote the definitive history of Venice where that term first began to be used.

Has nothing to do with "inner city" folks ~ just a place where people voluntarily gathered and refused to leave lest they be made unclean by outsiders.

The term has been misused in recent times.

[paulycy]

When I see a poster call another poster an a**h*le,

So far I've passed on that kind of treatment. Maybe I shouldn't. I do some faux-swearing like d@mn, but that's the extent of it. I am not someone who uses that kind of language anymore (since I was much younger.)

Having the debates move from arugments to outright name-calling fights really bothers me and there is a LOT of that. But should you punch the abuse button because not everyone knows how to construct lawyerly or scientific arguments at all times? Nah, you can't do that. Plus it's no fun to feel like you're just sitting in school all the time. How do we know where to draw the line?

At the same time I don't actually see much racism although there are some "edgy" comments that could be called that in some quarters. Since the outside world is going to take what we say out of context, or cite the very few genuine (or planted) instances against us then maybe it would be wise to tighten up the standards on that...?

[flintsilver7]

No, I’m oblivious to the thread in question. What was it about again?

The charge levied here is that of a pattern of racist posts over a long period of time (weeks, months, or possibly even years). One deleted thread is not evidence of that.