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Long-time Freeper Has No Complaints About FreeRepublic or its Management
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| May 8, 2003
| William Wallace
Posted on 05/08/2003 12:01:31 PM PDT by William Wallace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
May 8, 2003
For Immediate Release:
Long-time Freeper William Wallace announced today that he has no complaints whatsoever about FreeRepublic. Wallace claims he harbors no animosity, deep-seated grudges or pathological hatred toward forum management and moderators.
Im not as active on FR as I was during the Clinton years and the election controversy, Wallace admitted. I lurk a bit, but rarely post these days. Wallace went through a period where he spent most of his free time here, but now mainly uses the forum as another news source and antidote to the mainstream media spin. For the most part, the forum meets my expectations and I am generally satisfied with it in this regard, he said.
Wallace joined FreeRepublic in October 1998 and attended the impeachment rally in Washington, D.C. later that month. His participation on the forum has waned considerably since the halcyon days of the Elian Gonzalez saga and the 2000 Presidential election crisis. I probably wont even have time to respond to posts on this thread, Wallace admits. But Ill enjoy reading the comments later, especially the insults.
Wallace states he is basically indifferent toward issues regarding administration and operation of the forum that galvanize other long-time and former Freepers. Ive visited some of the Anti-Freeper sites, he said. The vitriolic fulminations directed at an Internet political forum and its management are surreal, entertaining and pathetic at the same time. Dont these people have lives? he wondered.
Wallace admits to occasional run-ins with forum moderators, including a couple of warnings from Jim Rob to knock it off. I thought they were perfectly justified, Wallace insists. Once I received flack over a flame war somebody else instigated, but I never had the impression I was being singled out for punishment or treated unfairly, he said. Its unreasonable to expect Jim Rob or the moderators to review every single post of every thread. I think they do a good job under difficult circumstances.
Wallace understands that his views represent a radical departure from the norm for vanity and opus threads, if only for his total lack of resentment toward forum management and implied assumption that their purpose in life need not revolve around accommodating his every demand and expectation. Believe it or not, Ive never even contemplated posting a farewell opus or starting a web site exclusively dedicated to bashing FreeRepublic, Wallace said, or a web site dedicated to bashing sites that bash FreeRepublic, for that matter, he added.
Despite his uncharacteristic lack of fixation with FR and its management, Wallace tries to resist the urge to stereotype all Anti-Freepers as disgruntled malcontents who should seek professional help. Some clearly fall under this classification: Eschoir and his myriad incarnations for example, but others are misguided or troubled souls whose passion and sincerity I respect, however misdirected.
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To: bmwcyle
Are you saying that Old Freepers never die, they just postmoretem?
To: HairOfTheDog
I'm a softie for anyone who can admit they were wrong and apologize.
102
posted on
05/08/2003 12:43:42 PM PDT
by
pops88
To: Cyber Liberty
Newbie
103
posted on
05/08/2003 12:44:11 PM PDT
by
RJCogburn
(Yes, I will call it bold talk for a......)
To: ctlpdad
You're welcome. It's a great thread!
104
posted on
05/08/2003 12:45:15 PM PDT
by
EdReform
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To: pops88
True, but I have liked him, then not liked him, then liked him again, and then not liked him again many times.... still.... no joy.
To: F.J. Mitchell
Something like that.
106
posted on
05/08/2003 12:45:48 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Semper Gumby - Always flexible)
To: Carolina
Hey, where's the link??
Or, as Bill Clinton said...."Hey,where's the sink??"
107
posted on
05/08/2003 12:46:06 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Bumperootus!)
To: MeeknMing
Ping
108
posted on
05/08/2003 12:46:30 PM PDT
by
EdReform
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To: M Kehoe; Lazamataz
If this thread goes over 750 posts like Jhoffa's non-opus, and if Laz responds, then I'm going to shoot myself. That's taking an opus just a little too far.
To: William Wallace
William Wallace, member since Oct 29, 1998.
110
posted on
05/08/2003 12:49:12 PM PDT
by
dead
To: Cyber Liberty; Lazamataz
Nope. Lazamataz did one of these last year....But Laz is guilty of infringing on OWK's "opus" trademark...
We can't give credit for a different classification of vanity unless we come up with a decidedly unique name for them...
May I suggest that this is a "Kumbaya" thread?
To: Lazamataz; William Wallace
What would the little guy thing of WWs (non)self promoting (non)opus?
112
posted on
05/08/2003 12:51:48 PM PDT
by
MileHi
To: William Wallace; BlueLancer; Poohbah; aculeus; general_re; Constitution Day
I smell Varmint poont@ng...
Freeperum satisfiedia normallum subspecies
So what should we do with this disrupt, er, stabilizing non-troll?
All input from the Nasty Little Clique would be helpful...
113
posted on
05/08/2003 12:52:00 PM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(Liberals, The Other White Meat)
To: HairOfTheDog
I guess I haven't been around long enough. It was his first post I took notice of. Nice profile page, btw. Guns, planes, dogs and horses- a woman after my own heart.
114
posted on
05/08/2003 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
pops88
To: MileHi
thing ...or for that matter, what would he
think?
sheesh
115
posted on
05/08/2003 12:53:31 PM PDT
by
MileHi
To: L,TOWM
I suggest giving him a non-ZOT! and telling the Viking Kittens to ignore this post.
116
posted on
05/08/2003 12:53:38 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: William Wallace
BUT...but...but...aren't we all supposed to be discontented???
117
posted on
05/08/2003 12:54:43 PM PDT
by
Amelia
(#8!)
To: Lazamataz
Hehehe. How ya doin' guy?
5.56mm
118
posted on
05/08/2003 12:54:46 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: L,TOWM; Poohbah
I think an un-ZOT would violate the laws of physics or something.
I'll just ignore the post.
To: M Kehoe
"
If this thread goes over 750 posts like Jhoffa's non-opus, and if Laz responds, then I'm going to shoot myself."
Wanna' borrow mine? ;0)
120
posted on
05/08/2003 12:56:11 PM PDT
by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
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