How often? Every month? Every day? I've seen this same stinking, fulminating, merry-go-round thread a hundred times since I came to this forum. Nothing ever gets resolved, nothing new ever comes to light. But we spend 3,000 posts hashing over the same stale material. And in the end, Free Republic goes back to business, the trolls go back under their bridges, FR grows steadily, and acid eats holes in the opposition's stomachs. Then, a month or two from now, their ulcers flare up and they come in with the same vitriol and we indulge the same stupid exercise all over again.
When is enough enough?
You acknowledged that this group of people are 'enemies' of Free Republic. They say they are. Do you believe that we should turn our backs on our enemies? Does this belief extend to other groups like the Taliban, or not? Or is it that you want to pick and choose what is "important" and what is not? Things that affect our real lives are important enough to compel passion, but websites can't?
Even if the behavior of a group of enemies could have real life consequences for any person here? Even if that group of enemies thinks that Jim Robinson should be "ROTTING ON A COLD JAIL CELL FLOOR"?
I think that comments like THOSE are enough; enough to make it worth MY WHILE to speak passionately against my enemies who would destroy me or any of us (including you) if they could. If you don't like it, tough.