You mean like this:
Posted on 01/16/2011 11:49:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Hello. You don’t know me under this name. For reasons that are going to be obvious soon, I didn’t wish to send you this message with my usual Free Republic account. This message is an invitation, a welcome to a new forum called TrueBlueFreedom.com
While I love the people who make up Free Republic, I have many complaints about Jim Robinson and his cronies who run the actual website. Over and over again, whenever somebody has complained or offered suggestions, they have been told by JimRob and others to go and start their own website if they know so much. Well, I’ve decided to take them up on that offer.
I’ve started TrueBlueFreedom.com for three simple reasons, and once you’ve read those reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that we need to make a few adjustments if we want this powerful bastion of conservatism to remain. The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to left in the hands of JimRob. Jim and his son John have repeated stated that if just one Freepathon goal isn’t met, that’s it - “Free Republic will be dead.” I can’t stand the idea of America without Free Republic. Imagine if we hadn’t been there when Dan Rather was passing around his forgeries, how different things would be today. Now realize that, as things are going, we won’t be around when the next Rathergate happens. We can’t allow that to happen, and since JimRob has publicly refused to deal with this issue, we have to take matters into our own hands. My solution is TrueBlueFreedom.com
The second reason is that I believe that free market capitalism has made America great, and that attempting any other system will lead us to ruin. A belief JimRob apparently doesn’t share, since he continues to refuse to place ads on Free Republic and instead depend on a PBS-esque donation system. We are not NPR, and we are not a charity – why do we raise money like one? For this reason, I’ve developed TrueBlueFreedom.com to depend on advertisements. TrueBlueFreedom.com will not depend on donations, instead, we will depend on the opportunities provided by the free market to create a self-sustaining version of Free Republic – without the constant Freepathons.
The third reason is that JimRob is, in my opinion, a petty tyrant. How many of you know somebody who was purged? How many wonder if you may be next on the list? If you’re neither of these people, consider this: Giuliani was America’s Mayor in 2008. That didn’t stop JimRob from purging all his supporters without warning. How do you know that whoever you support in the Republican primaries won’t raise JimRob’s wrath? How do you know the next purge group won’t be Mormons, Jews, Birthers, Pro-Palin, Anti-Palin, and so on? I believe that purging the non-believers and demanding total mental agreement with the “Dear Leader” is the exact opposite of conservative values, regardless of where JimRob stands on abortion and homosexuality. And for that reason, I’ve set up TrueBlueFreedom.com as a place where conservatives who follow the rules will not be banned, no matter how much I disagree with them. Regardless of your politics, religion, or favorite sport team, you will only be banned for breaking the rules. TrueBlueFreedom.com is a purge-free zone.
So, I hope you’ve read all this, and will accept my invitation. If this seems like something you can believe in, come to TrueBlueFreedom.com, sign up, and start talking. And if you like it, spread the word. Because Free Republic is too important to just let die.
I didn’t get it, I feel so hurt. :(
Zactly, and like we noted and I just noted, others expressed similar words of concern: the freepathons, ads, self-supported by member ads, John Robinson can’t handle the complexities and other such balderdash.
Jim was beyond gracious.
I hope this is not about the recent FR clock incident where the FR clock got ahead of real time. Speaking of which, I think it is happening again. I refreshed comments on one computer while I had timeanddate on another computer and I think the FR clock is gaining.
“I heard Jim Thompson is off eating cheese, sipping wine and catching some rays in France”
I KNEW there would be a highjack attempt to turn this into a CHEESE thread!!!
It wasn’t until you posted this link to the FReepathon before I realized the true reason and purpose of this thread.
To raise money for the FReepathon.
This is a GREAT fundraising opportunity. Who was it? pauly (sp) that posted a thread a week or so ago that went up to what? 1600 replies?
Before anyone gets their flamethrowers out .... let me say, I’ve nothing against these types of threads. In fact I enjoy them. The last one convinced me to become a monthly. I’m sure this one will do the same for others.
Lots of thieves out there that want what you have but there is only one Freerepublic.com. Rock on Jim!
You mean like this:
me neither (sniff, sniff) R2nd.
I am either too poor, too insignificant or too blond to be considered a candidate.
I think they were looking at certain threads and finding those who might have disagred with JimRob. The mormon thread or the thread about FR possibly shutting down...
On both of those threads I was with Jim Robinson 100%.
That must be why I didn’t get a FReepmail.
Geez. :p
Windflier already has a board that he set up 2 years ago as an alternate when FR goes down. It’s the ONLY time he uses it. Let’s NOT go making wild accusations. This man is a FREEPER.
I guess I'm not popular enough to get one. LOL
“If someone is really proud of the work they do in setting up their own board, why wouldn’t they use their real name?”
Not only that but if you go look at the site it requires you to give your email address to register
She claims JimRob is a tyrant but she wants to be able to track every post back to an individual.
Wow. This is series. Hugh, actually.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m going to take a shower.;)
I vote for the petty guy.
Exactly like that, lol.
I had the good fortune to be on a thread a few weeks ago where you were zotting gadflies. Most enjoyable.
So it'll be a leftist troll rich zone. Sounds great. /sarc
“Gee. How come I never get any of these agit-prop emails?”
I got this one, my first I think. I’m guessing that the sender is grabbing names off of FR at random. It is also possible the the owners of the gardening or cooking pinglists have gone rogue :-)
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