I wanted to thank you for posting that quote from Jim. I looked for it all day yesterday when the Perry bashing started. I trust Jim Robinson completely and his judgement, so when the bashing began by posters, and the name calling and degrading implications started (you know, ‘perrybots’, ‘fools’, ‘not conservative FReepers’, ‘unlearned’, ignorant’ etc) I wanted to let them know that they are including, not just posters who look at Perry favorably, but the owner of the site as well. It’s disgusting that you can’t point out the truly outstanding traits of a candidate, who definitely has more positive than negative, without getting attacked.
Anyway thanks again.
I asked Mister Jim Rob in a ping and he also said he supports Palin,Bachmann,Perry,Cain. So this infighting and name calling all around is a waste of time irregardless. With Perry Bachmann in; the vote could split. With Perry,Bachmann,Palin in; the vote will surely split and guess who SMILES and wins at this either way?ObamneyCare, Romney with a crap eatin grin on his face.
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I am wondering something and wanted to bring this to your attention to see if what I noticed is concerning to any others here.
Outlaw Woman, you hit upon an interesting point... that it is hard to say something here about a candidate sometimes without all the people working for another candidate rolling in in large numbers to engage in name calling and finger pointing.
Might it be because those folk have developed a system of adding keywords by the title so their little group knows to jump in for engagement together?
For instance, I saw the below keywords listed for this thread beside the title (also available keywords for searching):
bachmann2012; liberals4perrt; liberals4perry; perrittes; perry; perry2012; rickperry; vanity; Click to Add Keyword
Now going back and reading the original post for this thread, I would guess the poster most likely added the keywords rick perry, perry 2012, and maybe perry.
I would guess the poster, based on what he/she said and the title of this thread would NOT have added the keywords "liberals4perry", "perrittes" or "bachmann2012".
Seeing that anyone can add keywords after the poster has started a thread and seeing the keywords just in this thread alone lends me to wonder if some here are using the ability to add keywords as a way to unite trolling (even if it is a conservative group trolling for a different conservative candidate).
Personally, I don't think this would be inherently such a problem to be able to add keywords after the fact, and I'm not asking this policy be revisited, but the fact that the later-added keywords themselves seem to sometimes be name calling should at least be acknowledged, and we might want to at least understand that some of these later-added keywords may be signal words to call out the fighting forces against another candidate's followers. (For us who would like to point out truly outstanding traits of another candidate, it might help to understand why we sometimes get so crushed by an entire crowd when we do.)
I'm all for healthy debate between conservatives here. I think we could all agree that both Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin are both conservative, but they do not do everything exactly the same in every single instance. There is room for differences here so we all can learn and come out better people for it.
I just think it might help the rest of us here who just go about our business sharing and talking, studying, learning, and just plain enjoying the Free Republic website and the friends we make there, only to sometimes suddenly feel alone, bullied, and crushed, to understand that it is not always what we have said but that we may simply be targets of a group who has come to obliterate a message.
I thought it might help those of you who have experienced this same thing to at least know where it may be coming from and why it may happen.
Perhaps it might also help to check the keywords on a thread before we post anything of a sensitive nature so we at least know if that particular thread may have been chosen to be lined up for a group's battle.
Let's check out those keywords for this thread once more.
bachmann2012; liberals4perrt; liberals4perry; perrittes; perry; perry2012; rickperry; vanity; Click to Add Keyword
I won't say anything, but people, just remember we can see those.
My pleasure.