I’m here, this is really the Bat Lady since 2000, that is really my husband, the thread didn’t post before we went to bed and I will read and post to commentors soon.
Hubby HAS been a freeper for a long time, doing all he said, just not with an official handle.
More comments to come once I have read the thread.
Does he drive you bats?
sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry
More comments to come once I have read the thread.
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Don’t bother reading it. I did that for you.
1/2 of replies flame on your hubby.
1/2 support his sentiments.
1/2 are flaming on each other. “You’re a dink.” “No, YOU’RE a dink”.
Sooo. A typical classic FR thread. Congrats to Mr. Bat Lady.
What a firestorm I created!
I have replies to some individual post as indicated. Many of the replies were quite vitriolic. But I agree with
Darksheare
“What was your previous handle?”
Didn’t have one
“Who was this poster before today? Do they have another handle? If so, then they are a coward for using a sock puppet.
I think my legitimacy has been established as the The Bat Lady husband
The Bat Lady since Dec 1 2000
NERVOUS TICK
“ This noon won’t ever admit making any mistake.
Note that this noon hasn’t had the cajones to make a SINGLE response on the thread, period.”
The article was not posted until after 11pm. As noted by others we work for a living. I needed my sleep.
“A cowardly hit-and-run.
“BLH is hiding behind BL’s spandex tights. We won’t be hearing any more out of him.”
Hey Bat Lady, is this clueless douchebag really your husband?
Did you put him up to this?
There’s some clue-getting that needs to be carried out by one or both of you.”
Snide Comment if there ever was one.
In reviewing Nervous Ticks responses in other topic posts He seems to relish personal attacks. Name-calling is certainly a mature response. And he was wrong about not hearing any more out of me.
“I think BL and BLH BOTH owe this forum a personal apology, frankly.”
In the absence of reasoned debate by nervous tick and his insulting comments I don’t owe him squat.
“I think there are some very unfair attacks in your post, and I also don’t think that you take into account the fact that over the course of FR’s history, the Republican party has sold its soul to the liberals and basically functions as a rubber stamp in Congress, outside of a few like Cruz and Paul. It’s incredibly difficult to work with the GOP when they hate Conservatives and are working to keep Conservative candidates out of the primaries or getting a chance at the White House.”
I don’t believe I mentioned the Republican Party once in my post. Nor does effective protest require the GOP.
“Most of us work for a living, which makes it more difficult to do street-protests, and when we do them, they are at critical moments and often large in number. But it’s not anything that can be sustained like the Occupy crowd can - because we work to produce and cannot afford to take sabbaticals and let our businesses and employers hold down the farm on their own.”
Agreed, I too have my own businesses and employees. You do what you can. I never said you have to be on the streets 24/7. Much of my involvement was providing materials and logistics for people who could be on the street at an event.
I don’t believe I made any recommendations on improving FR. Did not recommend ads, format changes or revenue proposals.
I hope you do not think that any of my post was directed at you or the Free Republic site. I am ecstatic that FR is doing well financially. One motivating factor in my post was the strident tone regarding the freepathon goal in the breaking news sidebar. You more than anyone have made a difference simply by creating and maintaining this site.
“Look at the picture in my profile and look at the date. I bet I've been in this fight a lot longer than you have.
I still have my original Tyranny Response Team T-shirt.
And the people whose names you invoked would probably like to have those names spelled properly.”
Not by much. I still have my Sore Loserman shirt as well- so what?
What have you done lately?
Spelling is certainly more important than content, but I apologize for the mispellings
MR. K
I did not complain about the “endless begging for money” it just seemed that the response to the freepathon plea was not there
Lancey Howard
“Free Republic is a lot more than a site for "snide comments" as you insinuate. Free Republic is a place where relevant news from numerous sources is thoroughly analyzed by thousands of people daily and gets widespread dissemination. That is an important role.”
Not if the information is not acted on
“You seem to think Free Republic should be a control center for street rallies and marches, etc. Sure, FR can still serve that function, and likely WILL serve that function in the future. August in an election off-year is not exactly the prime time for that kind of activity. Remember, most conservatives get up and go to work every day. We don't have the luxury of the Democrats, who can always have their union thugs bus in the welfare rent-a-crowds.”
FR did serve that function and still does in some chapters I work too, See above. It is always the time for protest in defense of Liberty
Edpc
“I was about to do a dozen different things you mentioned, but I got sucked into this ridiculous thread and its comments. So, I blame you.”
LOL
Luke 21
“I don't know this cat, but he is typical of the Don Quixote Freeper battalion, who lecture us on doing this and that and that and this, and we aren't doing our part if we don't take their orders.
I live in an insane Democrat district, where awful doesn't begin to describe who these batdung crazy fools elect. There is no freaking way this place will ever elect anyone close to sane, and at the state level we have McCain and Flake, two traitors. I haven't voted for McCain since 1992. I darn near didn't vote for Flake, but you know the old argument.
But these Quixote types want me to march up and down banging a drum or some such rot, getting laughed at and spat on en route to another electoral slaughter next election. Yeah that's the ticket. Just brilliant. As brilliant as nominating Mitt Romney (and John McCain) which is what the side we are supposed to march for commonly does.”
With your defeatist attitude we should all give up.
As a newbie my latest post to this thread has been submitted for review. In that post I stated that I had made no recommendations for changes in FR or the site. Allow me to make one suggestion. As a newbie I have tried to pay scrupulous attention to the content of my post. On the posting page it says:
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
Perhaps when messages are posted that violate this request as in the case of Nervous Tick the poster should have his future posts reviewed for a period of time.