[onyx]

For me they've come to have an almost surreal "theater of the absurd" air about them that borders on erotic obsession. It's almost as if some members of that hardcore cadre of posters are indulging in an online form of exhibitionist self-gratification... /g

Well stated! It sails right by the posters of such, but you see it! Juvenile antics more suited to a high school crowd. Maybe in the "boys" locker room, huh? (giggle-giggle) LOL.

I know I added PalinRocks; Sarah2012; PalinPower; = decent keywords.

[tarheelswamprat]

Well, they all seem to share a similar meme which they incessantly flog on thread after thread...

However, although I can’t recall a specific Free Republic prohibition of it, excessively “flogging one’s meme” in public seems to push the boundary of decency and good manners... /g

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I think some may not be that far from college
age, if not maybe still in college or grad
school, not that there’s anything wrong
with that; just that the antics fit that kind
of self-centered and brash demographic.