Long-time Freeper Has No Complaints About FreeRepublic or its Management

Self | May 8, 2003 | William Wallace

[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.

“I’m 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 won’t even have time to respond to posts on this thread,” Wallace admits. “But I’ll 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. “I’ve 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. Don’t 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. “It’s 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, I’ve 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.”

[Nita Nupress]

OH, my gawwsh. You would surely feel something with that kind of hug, but I doubt it would be "love." :-)

[William Wallace]

Thanks for the compliment Cat. I always wanted to be Onion worthy.

Stealth Seinfeld reference?

[Constitution Day]

It appears he just moved it to BREAKING NEWS. :)

[Catspaw]

Stealth Seinfeld reference?

It's a double! The Onion AND Seinfeld :-))

[STD]

You rotten son of a FReeper

You rotten son of Lucianne

You rotten son of an Alan Keyes supporter

You rotten son of a Jack Thompson

You rotten Eschoir

You rotten son of a country club Republican

You rotten son of a Liberty Post

You rotten son of a William Pitt

Who did I leave out?

You rotten son of a BobJ

[Luis Gonzalez]

NON-ZOT ALERT!

[William Wallace]

Wow Nita! I'm honored.

If IowaHawk makes an appearance, my day will be complete.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Long-time Freeper Has No Complaints About FreeRepublic or its Management

Where's the (Non) BARF ALERT?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the non zot alert!

[ewing]

Do we have an anti-Opus ping list?

[f.Christian]

That's easy for you to say ...

you only visit here ---

the anarco-loons are driving me nuts ...

I live here !

[Grampa Dave]

Did you hear that Glover is being dropped by MCI as their spokesidiot?

I think his ad with Belafonte praising Fidel was too much for them.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Please disregard previous *ping*.

[MeekOneGOP]

This is great. Pingworthy I think. Thanks !

[dixie sass]

I throughly enjoy this vanity/opus, William. Well done!

[Sir Gawain]

[EGPWS]

I'm going to miss not having you around here.

I'm sure it won't take too long before he's back with a different handle and if your sincere you will recognise him under his new handle.

[Marie Antoinette]

Freeper posts reply to anti-opus, inflicts bump on thread.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the anti-opus thread !

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[Luis Gonzalez]

That's great!

Van Gogh did one of those as well!