Posted on 07/08/2023 11:33:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
This is not DU!
Discuss the issues all you wish, BUT DO NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL!
Remember to use common courtesy when posting to FR. Leave off the insults and flames, name calling, etc.
We are conservatives. Be respectful to your debate adversary (fellow FReeper). For example, do not accuse them of being a "Putinista", "commrade", "murderer", "baby-killer", etc, just because he may have a difference of opinion whether or not the US government should be involved in a controversial foreign war where we were not attacked.
Likewise, things in the presidential primary are getting over-heated. We want to be sure we come out of this with a Republican president, house and senate. The only way we can accomplish that is to unify the Republican Party. We can't destroy our own candidates. Whoever it is will need to pull us ALL together. Keep the ultimate goal in sight - Freedom! We are not here to fight each other. We are here as allies to fight for God, family, country, and FREEDOM! As William Wallace said in Brave Heart, "Unite the clans!".
Your personal favorite may be Ron DeSantis, mine happens to be President Trump. But if DeSantis receives the nomination, I'll support him, as I hope most other FReepers will.
Incidentally, we are getting way too much profanity. This is NOT DU, this is NOT CNN - (in deep voice) this IS FR!
Finally, if someone says STOP, then STOP! If someone asks you to take them off your ping list, then take them off! If someone asks you to stop posting to them, the adult and polite thing to do is to accommodate them.
Thank you all very much, and God bless you.
Thank you, JimRob. We need to honor & respect the amazing forum you have founded and cultivated.
I have been avoiding certain topics because it’s pretty much a certainty there will be friendly fire in the thread.
Glad you’re doing better!
THANK YOU!
Why you !@@%%**%@!!!
can we still do that?
yes, please... lol!
It doesn’t seem to have changed much.
You can have an opinion and not support it. No problem you be you…. You should not be personally attacked because of weak or lack of support. Just question and go after the message not the messenger. I do think exceptions should be made for obvious trolls. ❤️🙏🏼❤️
After a low tide of that behavior, only days later, it seems to have returned, rapidly building in force.
For the most part, I just learn to avoid certain posters with a pattern of abusive or quickly crabby replies. I have seen a few coming in like wounded lions and over time calming themselves down.
Thank you Jim for putting your foot down.
I’ve noticed the same thing in the last few years.
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