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Last time I'm posting on this subject. I promise.

I've seen the video which, IMHO, casts FR in a positive light. It showed that the Fresno Freepers are conservative, compassionate people who support the Military. The Mayor publicly stated there was no evidence that FR is a hate group and admonished the HRC for using city letterhead to send a PR.

Unless you are a shareholder in Free Republic, LLC I don't see how you benefit from a long, protracted lawsuit other than everytime it comes up on the local news your customers think "Gee, isn't that the hate group ladyinred was in on TV?" and they will continue to associate you and your business with unpleasantness. Or perhaps you lost customers who didn't know you were conservative and they were diehard liberals so once they saw you on TV they said "Never again!". I find that hard to believe unless you sell some highly commoditized product like groceries or are a pharmacy. I have been an entrepreneur for 10 years, in software, and I deal with the most liberal people on the planet. I am also starting a school next year in RTP called Anthem Academy (The Ayn Rand fans understand). My politics and core beliefs are very, very much a priority to me. I have a bust of Ronaldus Magnus in our conference room and an 11X14 picture of me with GHWB behind my desk. Liberals do business with me because I am the best at what I do and when we discuss politics, I find that most liberals, once you get past the mainstream media talking points, really have no stomach to defend their positions to your face.

My final point is that JR could do more by hiring a PR firm (or do it himself if he had the time) to undo the negative image of that one press release. Instead, he chose the reflexive "lawsuit" path. The path of least resistance in my opinion. Some people have misinterpreted my admonistions to JR as weakness and concilliatory, I feel different. I'd rather fight the war they (HRC, Reyes, et. al-- Not the City of Fresno) started on their turf instead of the crapshoot of the court system.

You can post all you wish Canis, I was simply expressing my own opinion on this as I am one who was on the news. The clip you saw is one of the most favorable indeed, but they haven't all been sorry to say.
I can't really go into a lot of this right now, but suffice to say, some of us may be harmed by the false accusations in our businesses. That is all I feel I should say at this point, but by all means, You should feel free to voice your opinions here, and I didn't intend for you to think I was saying you shouldn't!