You called for the thread to be pulled.
Not necessary, it’s all been hashed out quite well.
My reasoning in taking up your offences was to show you what you seemed to not be seeing, and clafify the situation.
Meddling? You have been here long enough that you should
have a better idea of how FR works.
Anyone can post to any other reply.
If you don’t want anyone to reply, have a private conversation.
No matter how it fluctuates from way high on the list, to a little lower, FR is still the best and most effective conservative website on the internets.
"The date given as the publication date of the list was way, way wrong. You entered the date of its appearance (July 12, 2012) as the same day that you posted it, when in fact this article was over three years old!
Please note well this has absolutely nothing to do with the ranking or reputation of Free Republic. It has everything to do with giving a wrong publication date for the site ranking posted. The data was stale.
No response to the observation was necessary. However, xxins did respond; and, rather that stepping up to the plate and saying, "You are right, and I was wrong," instead posted a litany of excuses to gloss over and minimize the error, thus attempting to duck taking responsibility. Then you stepped in, taking up his offenses, attempting to justify his position. And both of you trying to drag in some kind of inference that I was somehow attacking the reputation of Free Republic, which is a damnable lie.
Now, you have both stepped into poop. I know how FR operates, that if an error is publicly made and publicly shown, if needed a public retraction should be made, not merely a private one. When you inserted yourself, it would have been better if you had not called a right wrong, and a wrong right. But your participation was neither invited, desirable, or helpful. You didn't clarify anything.
You called for the thread to be pulled
This is a deliberate overstatement. I said, "Perhaps it should be taken off." That was clearly a suggestion, not a challenge. I do not call for or make such decisions.
I'm done with this.