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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: Luis Gonzalez
I'd say thanks for NOT pinging me, however....
To: William Wallace
I have no comment, I'm just fulfilling my self-imposed obligation to post to these threads.
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posted on
05/08/2003 2:37:44 PM PDT
by
Flyer
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To: William Wallace
A classic William. Thanks for sharing.
Now back to combat mode...
203
posted on
05/08/2003 2:38:54 PM PDT
by
LowOiL
To: William Wallace
204
posted on
05/08/2003 2:39:16 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
To: William Wallace
Why can't we all just (not) get along?
To: VRWCmember
No. I don't remember the song.
206
posted on
05/08/2003 2:43:16 PM PDT
by
dead
To: HairOfTheDog
I really, really dislike little boxes and tiny little red x' in them!
207
posted on
05/08/2003 2:45:05 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: xsmommy
i can take anything you can dish out...
Click me. If this doesn't make you cry...
Oh my gosh. Just when I thought it was all going to go away and I could ease back in..
209
posted on
05/08/2003 2:45:34 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
To: dixie sass
My little guy works fine.... don't know why you are getting red-x-boxes, but I wouldn't like that either.
To: William Wallace
Seminar poster.
If I had known you were going to be at the March for Justice, I wouldn't have gone.
Otherwise, I'm (not) sad that you're (not) leaving!
211
posted on
05/08/2003 2:49:18 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: Young Rhino
BTW, Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County. Dauphin is a French name. Time for a little FR house-cleaning. Hey I bleed pinstripe.
To: stands2reason
Maybe I liked the same someone else that you thought you liked!
To: Luis Gonzalez
It's BOB! Where's Opus? I miss that cartoon.
214
posted on
05/08/2003 2:53:57 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: William Wallace
As you are from Harrisburg, PA, you are forgiven.
215
posted on
05/08/2003 2:54:05 PM PDT
by
k2blader
(Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. - John Donne)
To: Lazamataz
No one writes an opus like you write an opus.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
216
posted on
05/08/2003 2:55:18 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: Sir Gawain
To: Nita Nupress
Gracious, old home thread! Hi Nita, haven't seen you in a while!
218
posted on
05/08/2003 2:56:13 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: LowOiL
Now back to combat mode... LOL
To: William Wallace
"Hey I bleed pinstripe."
220
posted on
05/08/2003 2:57:00 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Most goldminers used to blame stuff on the ass.)
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