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.
TRUTHERS!!!!!
This is a free country. If Mr. Robinson wants to run this website by donations, what’s it to anyone? No cause to attack him. And since it’s his site and nobody else’s, he can set the rules. If people don’t like it, they are free to do something else and not donate.
I enjoy reading differing viewpoints here and there is no need to attack Mr. Robinson or anyone else over viewpoints. But people who can’t be civil and respectful of others when disagreeing are best left out of the discourse.
If somebody wants to start his own website, fine. But he doesn’t need to tear down others to do it.
I didnt get one either.
I guess we’re not popular.....
They don’t love me. Thank goodness.....
And we’re thinking it’s a she?
If you find out who this is would you please ping some of us to the smoking pile after the zot?
Jim, this is entirely my fault.
Buffalo Head
Are you a conservative?
Heck if I know..... homosexuals and their supporters...DADT...how to know?
Throw in truthers, and what do you have?
Okay, excellent! It worked.
Many, many, interesting people were lost due to Zotting. There used to be a thread called “Best Memories of Favorite FR Posters No Longer Posting” which I bookmarked but it is no longer available.
LOL. I hope he tells all of us!!!
I do too. The truth is the high road. The low road is complaining about FR yet being unwilling to accept responsibility for their complaint while using FR as a springboard for their own website.
I’m trying my best to get on the SLC ‘hit list’, most of my friends are already on it. lol.
Cowards ALL.
A liberal.
You are just not *bad* enough. :)
The more trash I read the angrier that I become. Apparently the poster lied and this isn’t about ANYTHING that they listed in the Freepmail. It’s about basic conservative beliefs. I wanna see a zot!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.