Posted on 11/19/2001 2:03:57 PM PST by FF578
Has anyone noticed that the Liberal influence has spread here into Free Republic. I notice that less and less Conservatives seem to post here, and more and more Libertarians seem to be.
I get a letter from someone named NYpeanut who is mad because I posted a discussion based on the Gender Gap in voting.
I didn't make it up, there is really a huge Gender gap with Female Voters tending toward the more liberal candidate. The discussion went well without name calling, but this person seems to have taken issue to the fact that I pointed out women seem to vote more liberally than men.
All those who are newbies here are considered disruptors, and those who hold a more right-winged view than the average libertarian seem to be kicked out.
Why is this? Is this a Libertarian site now?
I have noticed more and more posters standing up for Abortion, Homosexuality, the Porn Industry and Drugs since I first came to this site back before the 2000 Election.
Are Christian Conservatives(Who make up a large part of the Republican core vote) not allowed here anymore?
Just because one holds to a higher power, and wishes to shape society in accordance with the laws of Almighty God, does not make one a Taliban Milita member.
(crossing fingers hoping it's not me) ;^]
I have told you that I did not advocate their use any more than I advocate that people buy Yugos, but that I wouldn't put people in jail if they did (either activity). Why isn't this good enough for you?
Because it does not afford him the opportunity to dress up like a tall homely Iraqi chick.
I beg to disagree, Gracey. When the moral sense of the country evolve to the point of viewing slavery as immoral, it has become a political issue. Mahatma Ghandi was a moral force and became a politcial headache for the empire. I could give plenty of other examples.
Besides, moved solely by moral considerations, one could advocate forming or supporting a particular politcial party.
Thus, morality belongs to the political arena and not exclusively in the church.
Not exactly, and sometimes patience is lacking. Most commonly, it is something that has been hashed and rehashed, or subject to minimal reading and review can be shown to be without basis. New people often have not seen the debates that occur here, and that should be understood...but many disruptors act in ways that are difficult to distinguish between them and the merely uneducated.
and those who hold a more right-winged view than the average libertarian seem to be kicked out.
Clearly racist, vulgar or profane, incitements to murder, or extended personal attacks are generally grounds to be booted: "Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts." Another thing is people who drop posts or replies all over the plave without seeming interested in actual discussion.
Determine your points of argument, make them in a civil manner, and defend them before reposting them, and you will be given a great amount of leeway by Mr. Robinson. ...As well as respect among many here.
Those who can make sane and cogent arguments will build a following rather quickly here.
BTW, Liberal does not equal Libertarian, even if there are branches of each that tend towards Anarchy.
Poke around, and you'll see that even though most here are Conservative, with a heavy smattering of Libertarians, there are a wide variety of views held within those labels.
Things go in cycles here with rises and falls in relative numbers occuring every few weeks. Heck, what you get will even vary depending on what time of day you hit.
One last thing...what's right-wing? Compare it to classical liberalism. Ruminate.
No radical is more sanctimonious than an atheist libertarian radical.
And you are way off base. I seek to convert no one. I declare the bright line and stand firm on the good and traditional side of it. If that enrages the libertarian sewer lovers, so be it.
Get this clear: I'm not responsible for your or anyone else's "conversion." You and they are. Solely.
Personal responsibility: it's a libertarian thing. Libertarians ought to try it sometime.
It's you....evil libertarian logician.
BunnySlippersThe Taliban also advocate living as though it was the 1600's too.
Firstly, "take things back" does not mean to 1600s; 1940s will do. And, secondly, the assumption that newer is better is erroneous. Here, in the States, we hold an exclusive monopoly to stupidity such as "Come on, it's nineties now" (it replaces a previous stupidity that refers to the eighties, and so on) --- as if everything has be started anew every decade, and all changes have to take exactly ten years.
What's that mean? I can point to some that have argued that several provisions of the Constitution have faults...OTH, they don't believe it's a "living breathing, constantly mutating" document.
Thank you. I'm new here. After reading this thread, I was beginning to think FR was something other than I have experienced and that I would not be welcome. Your link to archival material assured me that sometime heated discussion can be expected.
LOL, bump!
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