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.”

[Luis Gonzalez]

Cool!

A stealth Godfather reference!

[William Wallace]

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.

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

No.

Is it true that you and Eschoir are Siamese twins and do you hate it when he has a date because you share the same posterior?

[F16Fighter]

"Subtle Seinfeld reference. Well done."

Giddy-up! ;-)

BTW, nice home page, pardner...

[unspun]

PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES!

Oh. And...

Compassionate FReepers:
PLEASE HELP US FIND MERCHANT SEAMAN

[William Wallace]

Giddy-up! ;-)

[Luis Gonzalez]

[Dad was my hero]

Yes, WW only graces us in CPA M-F w/occasional weekends. Even on this limited basis, we are better for having his presence than we'd be w/o. His reminder prompted me to attend.

[William Wallace]

Thanks DWMH. It was seriesly hugh off ewe two say sew ;-)

[dixie sass]

Me? Do something like that? Little ol' me. Why sugar, I'd never (snert) do anything like that...

[dixie sass]

and I did say "almost"...

[metesky]

Don't you be giving me no "snert", young lady!

[dixie sass]

Have you figured out what is is?

[dixie sass]

lol, muse, snicker, snert, giggle, burble, guffaw, chortle...

[dixie sass]

giggle

[Dan Walsh]

I am also a long-time freeper who has no complaints about FreeRepublic or its management.

I used to obsess around here as "Impeach the Creep", but I am just so relaxed now that we have a president who is not a traitor!! that some times I go two whole days without even lurking!

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks for writing it. lol

[Luis Gonzalez]

Can I post a Breaking News alert about a non-Breaking News article being moved into Breaking News?

[Luis Gonzalez]

I can see it now:

"BREAKING NEWS NO LONGER BREAKING NEWS"

Nothing follows.

[F.J. Mitchell]

A non-BTTT!

[RightOnline]

Excellent.