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.”

[William Wallace]

Blackamoor (sp?).

Isn't it Blackamoop? ;-)

[William Wallace]

Ah...Eschoir. The good'ole days. I wonder which name he's posting under nowadays?

It's supposed to be a secret, but Eschoir, Ash, A+Bert and Batman Jack Thompson are all posting under the handle "Lazamataz."

8^D

[dixie sass]

,lp

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

This was fun! I needed a laugh today. But then, I always did find Lazamataz "funny" in a sad sort of way. He is so easy to get riled, and then when he goes off.. whew!!

Kind of like projected vomit.

(If you see someone doing it you get grossed out, but you laugh about it later).

I did see Lazamataz posting on another site once. To be honest, I never thought he'd post or visit here again. (Not according to his words on the other forum).

Since he was so quick to respond to this thread, I would have to assume he lied. (GASPING!!!)

Lazamataz and his friend William Wallace are "disruptors". Pure and simple,..and I don't think they fool anyone with shenanigans like this. But it was entertaining and made me laugh. Though I admit, I feel kind of guilty for laughing at someone with a disability like theirs (his, as I feel they are one in the same). Mulitiple personalities are treatable. I hope he will seek treatment soon. He has our prayers.

FRegards, Vets

[William Wallace]

Might very well be the post of the century.

Thread of the Century might very well be HERE

[Cyber Liberty]

Oh, I dunno. I've posted "I Like Cheese" threads in Breaking News from time to time.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Ok.. I have to ask it. Are you now, or have you ever been Lazamataz?

:o)

[k2blader]

Ahhh! :-)

[Lazamataz]

Ok.. I have to ask it. Are you now, or have you ever been Lazamataz?

There is only one Lazamataz.

And there are all his pale, frail imitators. ;^)

[Lazamataz]

I did see Lazamataz posting on another site once. To be honest, I never thought he'd post or visit here again. (Not according to his words on the other forum).

It was hot. The sun was in my eyes. You shoulda seen the other guy. This is the 2000's! You don't want to mess with the budget, do you? Everybody else does it. The dog ate it. I lost it in the aftermath. Someone stole my idea. When Indians are swarming the compound, you don't have time. Maybe I was on hold for 40 minutes, I couldn't tell. It was folded, spindled, and mutilated. Who knew? Why do you care. It was due to the equatorial humidity. Ken Starr is an out-of-control prosecuter. Someone else did it. There is no credible evidence of any wrongdoing by any responsible party. We're going to WHO-AH, Larry, WHO-AH. Haven't you lost your keys sometime? I was sick. There was a breeze. No one saw me do it.

[Lazamataz]

He is so easy to get riled, and then when he goes off.. whew!!

You should experience it in person. I have killed grown men armed with nothing more than cooked cabbage.

[Lazamataz]

Does this mean another visit from the Health Department?

No. I paid them off. But you have to kill another freeper. I'll freepmail you who.

[metesky]

Just when I thought I was out...

[Madame Dufarge]

Checking metesky's FReepmail right now, just in case there's some sort of reciprocal agreement.

In the distance, a dog barked...

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Multiple personalities are treatable. I hope he will seek treatment soon. He has our prayers."
404 posted on 05/09/2003 1:09 PM EDT by Vets_Husband_and_Wife

Is it me?

Or is that statement, coming from a poster who speaks in the Royal “we”, and apparently is either two of Eve's seven faces, or some bizarre transsexual with a passion for animal physicians, just a bit bizarre?

[William Wallace]

I have killed grown men armed with nothing more than cooked cabbage.

You got something against grown men who run around carrying cooked cabbages?

[Taxman]

A new genre?

[William Wallace]

Is it me? Or is that statement, coming from a poster who speaks in the Royal “we”, and apparently is either two of Eve's seven faces, or some bizarre transsexual with a passion for animal physicians, just a bit bizarre?

I just read his/her/their/its post.

I figured Eschoir would show up eventually.

[Taxman]

LOL!

Thanks for the ping.

This has the making of a historically long thread -- sort of like the "Ignore this post threads."

And, as I remarked to Just another Joe, the anti-opus thread is a new genre in FReeperdom.

BTW, Jim, I have no gripes with management, either, but the muse is not with me now, so I am unable to wax eloquent about it.

[Taxman]

I guess not. Somehow I missed Lazmataz' anti opus in 2000.

But, HST, it is time for a new one, and William Wallace's is a fun read.