Underground freepmail campaign by unknown disgruntled FReeper

freepmail | 01/16/2011 | Mrs Dogood

[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.

[CAluvdubya]

Ahhhh, beautiful June!

Man, seems like if you got to have implants, they could at least do what they were supposed to do.

[The Duke]

You’re a petty tyrant! How cool is THAT?

Oh, I thought he said "pretty" tyrant! :O

[metmom]

I noted the comment about the Mormon’s as well. Interesting that a number of the Inmans got it.

[airborne]

I have no idea, but the way you phrase that is out of context.

Then maybe I didn't understand what was posted by another Freeper ('paulycy') discussing the possible end of this forum. .

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2654879/posts

I don't want to see FreeRepublic dissapear, so I'm trying to understand what's going on.

Please explain - is the person in question trying to start an alternative, or is it a RINO/Romney scam job, as you suggest?

[onyx]

LOL. Zactly!

[airborne]

“If FR dies, that’s that.” - Jim Robinson [Jim’s reply at post # 588]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2654879/posts

[goat granny]

glad your not deaf, or hubby would not only have to read the menu to you, he’d have to yell it...LOL

[metmom]

Have to agree someone starting a new website should have the courage to identify themselves. This person’s website is about making money. Also, like many I have avoided FreeRepublic’s “inside baseball” so I’m oblivious to those who are unhappy.

That's why I'm wondering if the troll isn't still an actively posting FReeper instead of a banned one. Someone who was banned would have nothing to lose by identifying itself.

Someone with an active screenname would.

[onyx]

Lord, he’s the one who’s deaf...lol. Well, conveniently, deaf. You know?

[BuckeyeTexan]

Your admonishment is well received and accepted humbly.

By way of explanation, my original post was intended to demonstrate how tolerant JimRob really is by using the eligibility threads as an example. It wasn’t intended to be anything more than that.

Perhaps you should also chastise the two posters who decided to launch personal attacks in an attempt to start a fight. I responded once to defend myself. I felt that was appropriate.

[Jim Robinson]

Putting it into context:

To: Magic Fingers; mylife; Artcore

I certainly did not mean to say anything that would warrant a flaming, but simply stated the truth. It’s been weeks that this has been going on, and I will be the first to say that I have no idea what is happening behind the scenes at FR Central, but it is very frustrating.

Perhaps the problems stems from DoS attacks, or simply a lack of hardware/bandwidth/software, but if Freepers find an alternative and start migrating it will be hard to get them back.

60 posted on Sat Jan 08 2011 18:49:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by devane617 (NEVER feed your cats canned Tuna fish. Mercury poisoning.)
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To: devane617

maybe invest in some decent 21st century software......

i was a monthly contributor.......until i see some “investment” in the infrastructure i will not contribute 1 more red cent.............

63 posted on Sat Jan 08 2011 18:59:03 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by is_is (VP Dad of Sgt. G - My Hero - “Sleep Well America......Your Marines have your Back”)
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To: is_is; All; Jim Robinson

I agree....I think it is time that FR start allowing advertising to help defray the costs associated with such a demanding website. Maybe banner ads like Drudge would help.

Then the first phone call to make is to Oracle. Get those guys in-house to build a massive, lightning fast, database.

Unless something happens FR will quickly lose. Most of us that love FR hate the problems, but if a good alternative pops up it is human nature to move on, and it will be more than difficult to get those lost back.

Just say’n....

65 posted on Sat Jan 08 2011 19:04:42 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by devane617 (NEVER feed your cats canned Tuna fish. Mercury poisoning.)
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To: devane617

Well, I can say that there are definitely two things that will never happen. 1) Banner ads. 2) Oracle.

And a third is a total replacement. Don’t have the financial wherewithal.

To those who wish to leave because of it, see ya. If FR dies, that’s that.

66 posted on Sat Jan 08 2011 19:11:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2653583/posts?page=66

They were talking about converting our system to Oracle and taking on paid advertisements to pay for it or else our readers would migrate away. I basically said that was nonsense. It got all blown out of proportion from there.

[woofie]

you seem like a nice tyrant

[bd476]

Thank you, Jim & John
for providing and maintaining a site
where Conservatives can participate in
lively debate & get involved in
Conservative grassroots activism!
God Bless you, God Bless Free Republic
&
God Bless America!

[MamaDearest]

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.

Some of us have posted previously on websites where sheer nastiness prevails and there seem to be no guidelines regarding inappropriate posts. We found FR and never went back. God bless Jim Robinson and the FR family of donors, posters and readers.

Strange that "blue" is part of the new website name, when that color symbolizes democrats and liberalism. Also there is a 'True Blue Freedom" affiliated with the US Border Patrol.......

[lonevoice]

freepmail | 01/16/2011 | Mrs Dogood

Dear Mrs Dog Doo,

I didn't get an invite to your party. What's the matter with me? Am I not worthy of joining a club dedicated to the stuff that most people just scrape off the bottoms of their shoes when they step in it? Huh? Huh?

Oh...it's Mrs Dog Ood? Never mind.

[caww]

Pittsburg is about 40 minutes below me...no wonder they’re callin the site “Blue”...Pittsburgh is so Demo-rat if you walk the streets you have to clean your shoes off before coming in the door! How stupid to mention Blue in their title...some are just not real brite it does seem.

[UnwashedPeasant]

UnwashedPeasant: "My friend was banned from FR after clicking the “Report Abuse” button to report some DU-style foul language on two separate posts."

wagglebee: "What was their name?"

UnwashedPeasant: Username was StinkyJoe. He joined in 2003 and banned in 2008.

[Jim Robinson]

Why, thank you very much, woofie. That’s one of the nicest things ever said to me.

[thouworm]

"self-policing"

self-policing!!!

Whenever I get discouraged we might be "preaching to the choir," I remind myself that Freepers have this dogmatic and intractable self-policing ability that keeps us ALL straight and in pursuit of the truth. (and, I agree, "If Jim hadn't developed a culture that is ruthlessly factually *accurate* it would have died off years ago." Thanks for reminding me why Freepers make FR so unique. Reminds me of an anecdote I recently emailed to a friend: a great line from Jack Nicholson in "Something's Got To Give" with Diane Keaton --- in which he plays an aging womanizer dating her daughter & they all end up around the dinner table. Keaton (playing a middle-aged playwright) is quizzing him about his reputation, and Nicholson says, "I always try to tell some version of the truth." Keaton says, "Version of the truth?" "Truth doesn't have versions!"

[DJ MacWoW]

You have your answer in the freepmail:

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.