“No thank you. FR is not a debating society. Our unalienable rights are not subject to debate and are NOT negotiable.
Those who do not understand this fundamental truth or are unwilling to defend it to the death can KMA on the way out the door!! “
While this is no doubt a fundamental truth, finding ways to explain this truth to liberals as to get them to peacefully respect our rights rather then force us to take more drastic and i dare say much more costly action is something that requires our skill in debate.
The same could be said of independents.
Like it or not we live in a world crafted largely by government to have many people if not the majority of people be its blind serfs.
They will listen to reasoning and the natural inclinations of their heart but only if we learn to speak to that reasoning and inclination as to “light the flame of liberty” within them.
This is not something we can do by force of arms, not with so many drones against us, nor is it something that we should desire to do by force of arms when the natural truths of our position can be used to liberate many if not most of our countrymen.
WE NEED TO GROW OUR NUMBERS!
So the question is what is the function of Freerepublic.com?
Is it to speak to the choir, or is it to help devise ways to liberate and restore our once Free Republic?
I think we can agree that we are in a great need of arms to wage this war for our rights. Arms of words and ideas, not just the guns and bombs of the wars of force.
Indeed when we win this fight with ideas we will have all Guns and Bombs of war we will need if necessary to secure our rights with force from those tyrants that still stubbornly refuses to leave us alone.
But until then remember that the pen(The keyboard) is mightier then the sword... Let us conservatives learn among our brothers how to uses that pen to wage this war in the only way we can, thou practice and challenge.
Let us defend our rights with reason.
If you don’t like FR, leave. I won’t be changing it to suit you or any other lily-livered, weak-kneed coward.
There is zero commonality between freedom and socialism, there is zero commonality between freedom and liberalism.
How is letting liberals run rampant, letting socialism run unchecked ‘growing in numbers’?
The other day we had a college professor, one Gilbert Wilkes the IV from Alberta Canada, try to use Delphi techniques to troll FR.
His handle was a tipoff, “casuist”, and he took to a formulaic posting style:
“I’m no [insert profession here], BUT [insert sort irrelevant crap here], I’m not passing judgement, I’m just saying.” -being an example of one of his posts.
FR is a website for conservatives and conservative ideals.
Says so on the front page
If you’re here to troll or try to insert liberal ideas, we have several people onsite who are very good at dealing with trolls and trolling personalities.
The Function of FR is stated in teh Mission Statement.
I suggest you read it.
It’s listed on the front page as wel;l.
It also requires someone who understands the difference between "then" and "than". Begone, DUmmie.
I agree that debate, with reason as the over-riding thrust of discussion, is imperative.
What you may not understand is this: Liberals, socialists, demoncrats, et. al. do not understand nor comprehend the concept of “reasoned debate” or “compromise”.....unless it is to force others to compromise and yield to the Lefts point of view.
Libs are like jihadis. While they most likely won’t kill you outright, they’ll surely find a way to destroy you long before they’ll ever be treated for their own mental illnesses.