Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Authority.
This site belongs to Jim, so what he says goes for who’s allowed to post and who’s not. This is true.
However, trying to invoke his name in order to try to win an argument does little more than make me suspect that you have neither facts nor reason on your side.
No, it’s not an “appeal to authority” fallacy.
Free Republic is like Jim’s home. We’ve been invited over to his place for a little get-together. Some of the guests are slandering one of his friends, talking trash about him every occasion they get. After some time, this trash talk gets tiring. And so Jim, as the host, may step in and ask the guests to stop piling onto his friend.
That’s simply what I’m asking for: that Jim step in and ask those who are slandering his “friend,” Ted Cruz, to cut back and be more civil. After all, it is his home, and his party.