Of course, we're hearing largely only one side of the story so far. Apparently no freeper is a current or former Traveler or Gypsy.
Remember, it is the Gypsies who gave the world Django Reinhardt. Just for that, I love them. < /deathwish>
Now roll on the hate mail...
Freeper Irish Queen has posted that her grandmother grew up in one of these groups, and she's as anti-Traveler as any poster I've heard.