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 did not get it.
But they aren't banned. That's why everyone is trying to figure out who it is. Read the email again.
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.
“Not looking for a flame war, but I need to know if you intend to let FreeRepublic die unless you get enough money to continue “as is”.”
What, are you off yer meds or somthin’?? SHEEEESH
JC
What thread was that?
any idea who did this, onyx???
Probably not the same person, this was not a well known FReeper. Just a person. My point is simply that Mods are human, sometimes not even handed. It’s how things are, but you can get banned without being an idiot. And you can stay on and be an idiot.
What’s the biggest block of prose this person has written?
There’s some style analysis to be done.
Will you do me a favor and see if you can see anything from posting #300 to #341? I am seeing nothing.
LOL!
I missed out.
It’s thought that it was someone on the thread posted in 626.
I got the mail.
I am a late blooming cool kid.
However. Jim Robinson is more important than freerepublic.
The real republic depends upon right living.
It’s 9:32p and I have concluded without reservation it is a FreeRepublic HATE sight.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it is the brainchild of the RNC.
Atheist Conservatives? Really?
So is this going to be a Romney site?
“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.”
Hang in there JimRob, you are right; Oracle is an abomination if you’re trying to hold down costs and keep your DB online 24/7! Been there, regretted it!
JC
Had to check it out, but couldn’t post.
Mama always said...
I’m starting to form an opinion......
So what are they talking about over there? And where is ‘over there’?
My primary complaint with Free Republic is that it has drifted too far towards a simpleton chat room with incessant adolescent attempts at humor. Your entire effort is greatly diminished by posters that seem obsessed with adding inane comments to serious threads.
Time will tell who has the most sustainable forum.
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