To all: Why should prominent conservatives who have been friends of FR continue to associate themselves with FR when they are vicously torn apart by FReepers?
We crapped all over Matt Drudge even though he was responsible for so many of us finding this forum; Rush Limbaugh was (and still is) trashed regularly, even though he gave FR's March for Justice great publicity on his radio show; threads about longtime friends of FR Alan Keyes and Judicial Watch are routinely allowed to be trashed and then end up being removed because of flame wars that make this little dust up I was admonished for seem like a tea party.
There are plenty of longterm FReepers who have walked away or just stopped posting as much because of the dearth of constructive, informative discussions and the pack dog mentality of some posters who have free rein to violate the no personal attack rule.
I'm not talking about the occasional flame, nor am I saying that these folks should be above criticism. But to have people who have been good to FR routinely smeared and trashed has hurt FR's reputation among some prominent and influential conservatives who have been our friends. And that's a (sad) fact.