You put it very well, I visit a dozen times a day easy. I would add Freepers have a good sense of humor as well, I can tell by the title of the article sometimes that Freepers will be posting funny pics.
Well, I agree that debating of ideas-—in the sense of Socrates—is what has made the American experiment possible. Free Republic reminds me of that atmosphere which created Aristotle and made Cicero possible and John Locke.
The Freedom of Ideas and Debate is crucial to a prosperous, free nation.
Political Correctness which is prevalent in all MSM is to control the allowed perceptions and impose group think on the masses. It is orchestrated by the corporations which control most of our information and almost all of our sources of information. To be free and intelligent—you need to go to primary sources-—not that which is filtered through Marxist minds like MSM.
That being said-—public schools since Dewey (and really even before as John Tayler Gatto documented) have been taken over by Marxist ideologues-—so all curricula is filtered to create little Marxists by the time they graduate. Basically, it was transformed to eliminate all Classical Knowledge which allowed Logic and Reason (critical thinking) and became social science-—a means to control all perceptions and feelings in children. (To make them stupid and immoral).
Free Republic have people who understand the insidious evil of political correctness and how it is destroying Truth. They reject Mao’s invention of political correctness to control the masses’ minds.
It is very refreshing to tune out of MSM and find sanity.
OK, I’ll bite...
Conceptually, Free Republic is a Godsend. Through hard work and wise policy, JimRob has kept it pure and simple and coherent — the ideal gathering place for conservatives. Frankly, it’s my one-stop PORTAL for Web news and especially politics. I essentially don’t go anywhere else (yet) for news and politics unless I’ve been sent there by a FR post.
Practically speaking, through a combination of stubbornness and technical ineptitude, however, Jim has let FR degenerate to the point where it’s just about unusable. It took five page reloads to bring up this damn comment box. It’ll probably take five more attempts to post my reply. During all three debates, Free Republic was basically off line.
Astonishingly, there has been NO explanation for this technical mess, nor has there been ANY roadmap for righting this serious problem. We’re just left to twist in the wind, and those who mention the technical difficulties are blown off (when they’re not forcefully denigrated).
Election night is shaping up to be a gigantic JOKE, free-republic-accesswise.
The sad thing is, it doesn’t have to be like that.
If JR and JR don’t get their stuff together soon FR will cease to exist. (my prediction)
FRegards
P.S. Don’t whine to me about funding. I’m a monthly and I contribute more to FR than any other infotainment. My monthly FR contribution is more than my monthly cable teevee bill.
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Oh my goodness. I just ran across your post here and felt such nostalgia. Your ongoing 419 adventures were among my favorite FR threads of all time. Thanks for many many laughs.