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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: Mad Dawgg
"Hair of the Dog lost the Møøse the other night on the Jhoffa/Nuke thread, and it hasn't been seen since."
Sorry, I forgot to return it.
141
posted on
05/08/2003 1:29:31 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
Crap...the dreaded Moose redundancy.
142
posted on
05/08/2003 1:30:24 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: William Wallace
Wow! Your anti-opus is Onion-worthy.
143
posted on
05/08/2003 1:33:43 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Luis Gonzalez
Thanks for the save.... wasn't sure how I was gonna get out of that one!
To: pops88
you just have to avoid the sheep ;)Good advice for nearly any situation.
145
posted on
05/08/2003 1:35:05 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(WMD-40: Lube your nukes)
To: xsmommy; martin_fierro
i can take anything you can dish out...Getting pretty confident in yourself after your
recent visit to "the Smokey Backroom", aren't you?
;^)
To: xsmommy; William Wallace
"i can take anything you dish out"OK...I'll play.
Here's the dish...
147
posted on
05/08/2003 1:36:30 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: HairOfTheDog
No problem...got a hair dryer I can borrow?
148
posted on
05/08/2003 1:37:45 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: William Wallace
Nice anti-opus. With all the cat references I couldn't resist...
149
posted on
05/08/2003 1:39:19 PM PDT
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: Luis Gonzalez
"the dreaded Moose redundancy." Now "that" is "definitely" and excellent name for a Rock Band!
150
posted on
05/08/2003 1:40:29 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: Luis Gonzalez
Certainly dear....
To: William Wallace; LindaSOG
"With all the cat references I couldn't resist..."It's only a matter of time, isn't it?
152
posted on
05/08/2003 1:42:04 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: William Wallace; LindaSOG
153
posted on
05/08/2003 1:44:06 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: William Wallace
Hello, William. Nice to see you again. Nice thread. I'm glad you're not angry, obsessed, and filled with hostility and resentment. I'm not either. Let's all get together one day and have a big group hug. Can't you just
feeeel the love? :-)
And for all you newbies, feel free to use my homepage if you need the extra cyberspace. It'll be a long time before I get around to using it, so have at it.
To: Nita Nupress
Let's all get together one day and have a big group hug. Can't you just feeeel the love? :-)
Time to crack a beer I suppose...this might be a long one..
To: William Wallace
Please don't not go!
157
posted on
05/08/2003 1:57:14 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.)
To: McGavin999
Nice seeing you too McG!
To: unix
"Time to crack a beer I suppose..."
159
posted on
05/08/2003 1:59:22 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
To: Jim Robinson
"Long-time Freeper Has No Complaints About FreeRepublic or its ManagementJim...are you going to allow this sort of nonsense?
160
posted on
05/08/2003 2:01:02 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
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