[PA Engineer]

So in that vein, how is a campaign of "utter destruction" of those on FR who don't agree called for?

Good question, but directed at the wrong people. You should ask the SPD that. There is no hiding their posting history. The pinging of the pack to destroy Freepers is what created this entire mess.

Are you a member of the SDP?

Four more years of Obama and there will not be a Free Republic website. Just something to consider. Is that something you want?

[Las Vegas Ron]

Are you a member of the SDP?

Please pardon my ignorance, what is "SDP"

Hehe, I'm sure I'll feel like a fool for asking but I don't get the acronym.

[Colofornian]

There is no hiding their posting history

Exactly right.

You've been a FREEPER a dozen years...but you can't even manage to pull your "fair share"-- posting slightly less than 3 threads per year???

Why have you only posted 15 threads the past nine years? (That's not even a couple of threads per year) What do you do the other 363 days of the year???

Why have you left the occasional time-consuming thread-posting work up to others to post threads? What if nobody posted any of these threads?

When are you going to kick in and do your "fair share" of thread-posting?

Do you know that the very thread-gravity -- the posting activity -- that draws potential new FREEPERs into discussions -- are indeed forums?

And do you know that if you're lacking the development of forum production, there's just that many less new & returning FREEPERS who will show up here? And want to be involved then to a greater degree?

Tell you what: I'll match every new thread forum you start producing.

You put one thread up, I will match it.

Based upon your cadre of ad hominem attackers on this thread, the Flying Inmans will start matching your Ad Hominem cadre's thread production headline-for-headline.

[Godzilla]

The pinging of the pack to destroy Freepers is what created this entire mess.

Hmmmm, by name who has this 'pack' destroyed, by name.

[SZonian]

"Good question, but directed at the wrong people."

No it wasn't. It was directed at those who are engaged in the wholesale character assassination of those they disagree with. Those are the people who elected to engage in personal attacks.

Ping lists are common on FR, used to ping those who share the same interests in various subjects. Are they to be banned now?

Draw whatever conclusions you choose, you don't matter to me in the grand scheme of things other than the fact that the destructive behavior on FR is causing it to implode.

I am addressing the content of the comments and the crass behavior of those engaged in ad hominem attacks against other FReepers. And taking a sickly amount of glee in it in the process.

Used to be that if one didn't like a topic of discussion, they didn't participate. Now, it's "essential" that the OP and any who share the same viewpoint be destroyed, no matter the cost.