Posted on 11/04/2013 5:54:25 AM PST by William Tell 2
Well.. let’s have us a look at the stats.
Seems like of all recent threads the pimp has posted.. this one is by far the most popular.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:williamtell2/index?tab=articles
Your argument is invalid.
“The Fall of Jim Robinson’s Free Republic Website.”
“I want to report and expose a devious and vicious campaign that is currently underway on the so-called “premier” site on the Internet for conservatives, Free Republic. Ironically, the target of this campaign is fellow…conservatives, especially conservative bloggers, completely removing any justification from Free Republic for promoting this kind of action.”
“I moonlight as a conservative blogger, though I write for Examiner, which is a news website run by the Clarity Media Group. I have been familiar with Free Republic for several years, and I had been lurking there since about 2003 or 2004. In 2008, after being horrified and shocked by the media-assisted victory of Barack Obama, I decided to register on Free Republic in order to do my fair share as a conservative activist, working to expose his disreputable actions as POTUS. This consisted of me posting columns from my blog along with posting an equal amount of news articles from a wide variety of news sites around the Internet on Free Republic.”
“I only started regularly posting columns from my blog on the Free Republic website in October of 2010, and this process went fine and uninterrupted until very early March of 2011. At that point, without warning and completely abruptly, a cowardly and anonymous user by the name of “humblegunner” began stalking me by harassing me and spam-posting slanderous accusations without fail in the thread of each column from my blog that I’d post on Free Republic. Apparently, “humblegunner” is extremely slow on the uptake because it took him five months to figure out that I was posting my blog columns on Free Republic.”
Yes, it is always gratifying when a butthurt blogger
writes a tear-filled whine-o-rama on his little blog
about how badly his pimping was received.
I hope Willy Tell 2 writes one as well.
He is a writer for the Examiner and you write stuff like this; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3086858/posts?page=43#43
Which is better for Free Republic? The answer is obvious!
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“The harassment from “humblegunner” was characterized by an ultra-basic modus operandi. The anonymous coward “humblegunner” would work himself into a frenzy by showing his obsession with the term “blog pimp.” Apparently his favorite word in the whole universe (which shows his immaturity and lack of any taste), “blog pimp” is the all-purpose false accusation that Free Republic operatives use when they want to condemn fellow conservatives in order to establish the basis for permanent banishment from the site. In this way, Free Republic also uses a strategy that is sinisterly similar to the Saul Alinksy strategy of demonizing and ridiculing one’s enemies in order to take away their credibility.”
You seem to conveniently disregard the fact that these pimps were using Free Republic as a free advertising tool.
No matter. Your opinion on the subject has no bearing on anything.
But.. since we’re on the topic of blogpimps and butthurt.. we can’t forget this classic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2630004/posts
“For several days in a row, this anonymous coward called “humblegunner” was always one of the first to post on the thread to my blog columns on Free Republic. Besides harassing me and other Free Republic members who were interested in reading news and analysis, he would also resort to making up demonstrable lies as part of Free Repulic’s policy of attacking and destroying conservative bloggers. For instance, he would relentlessly spread the libel that the site I write for, Examiner.com, is full of viruses. He would also issue blatantly illegitimate challenges, such as childishly demanding that I post my whole blog column on Free Republic instead of just an excerpt. He did this despite knowing 100% for certain that Free Republic was already threatened in 2009 with legal action by a lawyer from Examiner.com. In September 2009, Examiner.com General Counsel Deborah Shinbein wrote a threatening communication to Jim Robinson. The lawyer was upset that Free Republic members were posting entire Examiner articles on the website, with the clear instruction being to only post Examiner excerpts in order to avoid lawsuits.”
Truly a thing of beauty, that.
Bombastic bloggy butthurt and angsty animus.
Probably the best writing he ever did.
Just remember, The Censor fears his own Truth.
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“So, in effect, “humblegunner”—who I suppose is actually on owner Jim Robinson’s side, even though his actions are self-defeating and make no sense whatsoever—was actually insisting that I help get Free Republic into legal trouble by posting my whole columns from Examiner.com instead of just excerpts from them. “humblegunner” was actually insisting that I post copyright violations of Examiner.com on FreeRepublic, showing the absolute stupidity of that website. This clearly verifies how he would just post any type of fraud in the threads of all my blog posts in order to destroy the ability of interested readers to absorb the information in peace.”
“Probably the best writing he ever did.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3086858/posts?page=43#43
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“As if this permitted conservative-blogger sabotage that’s endorsed by Robinson isn’t enough, the sheer viciousness from several other anonymous cowards just like “humblegunner” should convince you just how extreme the self-defeating, intra-conservative hostility on Free Republic really is. Based on the mistreatment I experienced from “humblegunner,” I can say that he’s the sort of unofficial ringleader (more like an anonymous coward who thinks he’s a legend in his own mind, actually) of a band of equally anonymous cowards on Free Republic. This band of anonymous cowards works in the same manner that “humblegunner” does: They all excitedly throw the libelous phrase “blog pimp” around and start viciously assaulting whomever conservative blogger they target, like a pack of wild dogs (hiding cowardly behind Free Republic anonymity, of course) suffering from herd mentality syndrome. It’s just that they are such sheeple who can’t think for themselves that they actually need “humblegunner” to stir them up into a frenzy before they jump into action and join him in his destruction of conservative bloggers.”
“Freddy Rumson October 8, 2011 at 12:57 pm
“Free” Republic is NOT free in any sense of the word. They have cyber bullies who slander anyone who dares depart from the party script.
Some character named “humble gunner” will harass and libel you and use “freeper” jargon like “pimp” if you dare speak an original thought.
When reported to admin moderator you will be called a “TROLL” and all posts deleted.
This after donating around a hundred bucks over a 4 year period.
They are the scum of the conservative movement- mini Stalinist cowards”
When is welfare money going to run out?
So.. let’s review:
I don’t like blogpimps. I make posts about that fact
and that is a very bad thing.
You don’t like my posts. You’re making posts about THAT
fact and that’s all hunky dory.
That about right?
You’re doing the very same exact thing.
You’re either pretty damned stupid or a hypocrite.
Pick one.
You seem rather obsessed with that post #43.
Did it perhaps strike a nerve with you?
Hit a little too close to home?
I do appreciate the walk down memory lane though.
Indignant bloggers are freakin’ hilarious. They never get old.
The thread about the blog post you keep quoting from is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2711802/posts
Excellent comments.
The point that you miss is this: What does that post say about you - your cheering section, and consequently FR?? Can that point penetrate the narcissism? Probably not.
“We’re Stuck At 43%...”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2842574/posts
- There’s been a “my way or the highway” mindset around here for a while now. Quite a few have chosen the “highway”, taking their support with them.
- Once you slaughter the Kulaks, they don’t produce grain for you anymore.
- have seen very little of the niceness and tolerance you cite during the past month.
- The tone has reminded me of a pack of hyenas viciously turning on anyone who speaks truth, however unflattering, of the candidate de jour. Attacks on the truth and calls for censorship from any side of the political spectrum are not healthy. I do give, but I’m not giving one dime more until I see the tone change around here. Many have decided not to wait for the tone to change. They’re gone and they’ve taken their support with them. Why should they put up with the abuse? I hope some lessons will be learned through this.
- When you ban opinions and opposing posts why on earth would many members and lurkers donate? When the least offense (and who knows what will offend any given member of the goon squad on any given day might be) results in being browbeaten and harassed if not finally “Zotted” by a bunch of so called “adults” who run around high fiving each other when they “find” some poster that isn’t towing the line…according to them, people leave.
- This site used to be interesting. Maybe that is why people still stick around. Even if I did not agree with someone ( I mostly read), I would never tattletale, and post pictures of lightning or Viking kitties.
I would say that there are about 10 -15 people here,( and we all know who they are), that never grew up past the mean boy or girl stage in high school.
If my statement gets me zotted, so be it.
That’s on one thread a year and a half ago - and what has happened in the mean time? Juvenile crap like this; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3086858/posts?page=43#43
It says that I and many others do not like blogpimps.
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