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.”

[dixie sass]

Well, gracious goodness, looka heah, looka heah, if it isn't the old man of New York (or someplace like that)!

[William Wallace]

It's only a matter of time, isn't it?

I zee nothing.

[EGPWS]

Your anti-opus is Onion-worthy

The Onions ratings just went up.

[Young Rhino]

All your press releases are belong to us.

BTW, Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County. Dauphin is a French name. Time for a little FR house-cleaning.

[VRWCmember]

Do any of you know if there are still any active links to Don Morgan's infamous Ash Alerts, especially the one with the little country ditty along the lines of:

Were you born an @$$hole,
Or did you work at it your whole life?
Either way it's workin' out real good,
'Cause you're an @$$hole tonight.

It was such a funny song, I laughed out loud every time I heard it.

[dixie sass]

I know you!!!!!!

[LibKill]

You are a good sport.

[xJones]

You're not unhappy with FR? Is it something we didn't say or do? What can we do to make things wrong? :)

[PeaceBeWithYou]

I too have no complaints, only a minor irritation that ZOT threads are unsearchable, we need an index list.

*ZOTS, *ZOTTED, whatever, someone decide, OK.

If someone already has a list, then nevermind!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm gritting my teeth, letting veins pop out on my forehead, and turning purple with glee over my happiness with the way FR is run, the people on it, and how the people posting now are better than the ones I started with in the long past.

[stands2reason]

You've been hitting the whipped cream cans again, haven't you?

[VRWCmember]

Just saw your Ash Alert post. Do you know if there are still any threads or active links to the "Ash Alert" song that was present on many of the Ash Alerts?

[WaterDragon]

FR is so interesting. You never can tell what's going to be posted! LOL! Thanks for the ping, MnM!

[Lazamataz]

Well, gracious goodness, looka heah, looka heah, if it isn't the old man of New York (or someplace like that)!

Say it right, hah? NOO YAWK.

Fuggedabouddit.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Do you know if there are still any threads or active links to the "Ash Alert" song that was present on many of the Ash Alerts?

The one you posted in # 185? I think I have the wav around somewhere. I'll post it to you, when found, if you would like.

[stands2reason]

I think I liked him, but then I think I thought he was someone else.

[VRWCmember]

Thanks, I'd appreciate it.

[dixie sass]

THAT is funny! Rotfl

[Brad’s Gramma]

Welcome to Free Republic!!!!

[chance33_98]

His participation on the forum has waned considerably since the halcyon days of the Elian Gonzalez saga and the 2000 Presidential election crisis.

No wonder you have nothing to complain about ;)