Tilting at windmills seems to be my lot in life. I keep trying to get across the idea that if a person appears to be insulting you, don’t respond. It takes two to spoil a thread with an endless diatribe back and forth. How important can it be to get all bent out of shape because some nitwit calls you a weenie? What difference will it make 100 years from now? If we could keep it cool the conversation would be more civilized. State your case and allow others to state theirs. And that’s all I got to say about that.
Being a big tent Republican may not be in fashion today, but it is pretty unbelievable that some people think harassment and name calling is the way to win elections. All it is going to do further vilify the TP/evangelicals and drive general voters to become unaffiliated or Democrats.
The old “Don’t feed the trolls” method used to work, but on the other hand, the trolls these days roam the threads in bands and spam every thread. Even if no one answers, the threads are pretty much trashed.
And then there’s the issue of the spam not always being true. I’ve seen some of the most incredible lies being posted, as if the old liberal ploy of “if a lie is told often enough, it becomes the truth” were being employed by, of all people, conservatives. I do think these need to be countered, if only by a simple “Please provide the source” post. (And usually those are met by silence.)
Seen any posts lately by Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, or other on-air or published folks who once held FR in high regard? Sadly, lots of really fine freepers are keeping their distance in one way or another.