Well, the poster was IChing, (my 50 yr old son) but he does not have a blog or any financial interest in one).
He posts to a blog, maybe once a week, and then posts here, because he (probably idealistically) thought Free Republic netizens might be interested.
He always answered to his posts, and offered reasonable comments.
I would have to go back and check to see if he posted the entire content of his articles, every time, as far as I know. If he didn’t, it might have been that he was concerned about the complicated “excerpting” internet rules that confuse us all.
Many newcomers to FR get tangled up in the arcane rule history of FR, and I do worry that we sometimes might be just a tad-bit paranoid in our rush to quick judgement.
That said, obviously we must be on guard for trolls, blog-pimpers, infiltrators, and the usual - NSA recording our every keyboarded word.
I have been on this forum for many years, and as far as I understand, he violated no rules. He only posted to articles that he had written, his own opinion on currant news items of conservative interest.
I guess the only legitimate criticism that could be lodged against him is that he posted in the wrong category. Some Freepers may not consider tapes posted on the net by someone else (other than Rachel Jeantel’s voice) recorded by Crump as not being worthy of “breaking news”.
How are we to know what is considered “breaking news” by the mods?
I am getting really tired of all this, and it has seriously dampened my enthusiasm for this website. That said, he has been re-instated, after review by the mods, but I am still so very saddened at what has happened to a forum that was always my homepage.
My thanks for your clear explanation, FRiend.
That said, it is time for this li’l ol’ lady to retire for the evening. I want to be alert in the morning to see the Zimmerman trial, for I find it very important for the future of justice in our beloved land, and worthy of “breaking news”.
Did you ask the MODS why they removed it ?
It could have been one of several reasons, like on the copyright or ‘do not post’ list.
Do you have a link to that?
It does appear at the top of the forum, before you log in.
Anyway, my interest in this is that neither of you give up. I have had a thread or two pulled, and been banned once, but I always understood or found out why. It always made sense. Even the time I was banned for something that I didn’t do, but another poster lied to Jim about. He unbanned me once he figured that out. So.. like your son, the same happened to me.
Due to the nature of this being an OPEN FORUM, where the owner takes only DONATIONS and gets not HIT MONEY for ADS, and has to abide by COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS (Even when they are totally illegal and unfair) and has had to go to court over and pay a huge FINE, then.... it’s not so hard to see how sometimes the innocent get forked over once in a while, and usually only temporarily.
In simpler words, live and learn. But never give up.