Is Free Republic a Fraud? Is it time for Free Republic to go away?

Free Republic | 11/28/01 | Jim Robinson

[mountaineer]

The art historian babe posts at Smirking Chimp when not antifreeping. Is there a difference?

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

Thanks for the kind words. I must admit, it's great to be back. I especially enjoy tearing through the archives and bumping the posts of yesteryear. Some threads are no longer around, of course, but many good ones still are. We must never forget Chinagate. Never forget China.

Let us not fall into slumber.

[unsycophant]

You seem to be doing a good job of keeping up, and you're right about it being a fair game. Free Republic CAN hold up to the scrutiny. There's no rule saying that the same scrutiny can't apply to other sites. It's a bit hard to take anyone seriously when they stand to the side of the fire, while holding someone else's feet in it.

[Cyber Liberty]

"Thanks for the kind words. I must admit, it's great to be back."

I vote for you to stay, Harry.

[Howlin]

OMG, she like those aliens in Independence Day, moving from forum to forum, sucking the life out of them.

[Cyber Liberty]

Amazing. Over 3,000 posts and you couldn't glean that little tidbit of information?

Heck, I ain't gonna draw you a picture....

[bjs1779]

You can always sell it.

How much do you think it is worth? Not a trick question.

[ReaganGirl]

It would be a mistake to presume that everyone who posts to an "AFer" board is of one mind...

That would be a mistake because it would mean that everyone at the AFer board collectively make up "one mind." All evidence there is testimony to the contrary.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hahahahahahahaha!

There is a bit too much credit being given out, I grant you. Oh well...better to whine over there than here.

[John Robinson]

That would be a good picture for this.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hey! Kewl link! Can anybody upload pics?

[Vermonter]

Uh, oh! You've opened up Pandora's box :-}

[Don Joe]

"The starting point is that 90% identify themselves as Christian but only 50% go to church."

I was born Jewish, became a Christian in the late '60s, have been Assemblies of God (John Ashcroft's denomination), Southern Baptist (you-know-who-the-ex-pres's [spit] alleged denomination [the spit was for the ex-p, not the SBC, BTW]), and regularly attended several other denoms as well as "independent" churchs. I haven't attended any church for some time now (mainly because too much stuff like what's going on in this thread goes on in RL in churches), but I consider myself no less a Christian for my non-attendance.

BTW, as to "what's going on in this thread" -- after looking at some of it (which has already consumed more hours than I normally spend on "regular" FR browsing), and having found URLs to a couple of "anti-freep" sites (frankly, I had no interest in looking at any of them prior to this), my gut sense is that Jim is getting a mega-dose of "no good deed shall go unpunished". I commiserate with him, as I've taken similar lumps in other venues, although at a level an order of magnitude lesser than he's sustaining. I doubt I'd be able to maintain my composure if I'd taken a fraction of the hit he's enduring.

I don't know how all will shake out, but cynic that I am, I still hope for the best, and I hope FR is able to keep on truckin'. It's a valuable site, and there's really no replacement in sight.

[TLBSHOW]

Great Link and pictures. Thanks John.

[Don Joe]

Hey, my name didn't show up next to my "This little piggie..." caption on image 7. *sniff*

[Cyber Liberty]

I'd be worried if my name came up on the pic I posted...I got in trouble for that a few months ago.

[Arator]

OMG, she like those aliens in Independence Day, moving from forum to forum, sucking the life out of them.

And from the mist, if you listen closely, roars riotous laughter at this perfect description of JenLart. But then, it just fades away...