Jim Robinson & FR accused of censorship

WhatReallyHappened.com ^ | 4 January 2002 | WRH.com goobers

[Vigilant1]

FREE REPUBLIC ADMITS IT IS PRO-WAR AND CENSORS ALL POSTS NOT IN ACCORD WITH US GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA

NOW MAKING THE ROUNDS ON THE NET. Cited under "fair use" for educational purposes.

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Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 02:50:39 -0800
From: "Jim Robinson"
Organization: Free Republic
To: "Larry McDonald"
Subject: Re: What Are You Scared Of?

Those who are coming in here to post a bunch of propaganda to smear Bush or otherwise harm the war effort are going to be deleted.

I guess you missed my posts where I said that I am 100% behind our President and the war. I don't care if it's Ron Paul, Larry McDonald, or the head of the John Birch Society himself. I do not want it on FR. And I do not want a bunch of 40 year old conspiracy crap. Not interested.
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There you have it. Free Republic is not an objective reporter of the facts but a blatent supporter of the Bush administrations' war for oil, and by Jim Robinson's own admission.

In another post, Jim states...

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Jim Robinson (Free Republic)
by JIM ROBINSON in This thread

Lots of grumbling lately about deleted posts. Well, my friends, the simple truth is the game has changed. We are now at war.
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Of course, Jim Robinson has it wrong. We're not at war. Only Congress can state otherwise and there has been no formal declaration of war by anyone. Bush hasn't gone to Congress to ask for such a declaration because that would restore Congress to its role in the balance of powers doctrine on which the nation was founded. Bush has no intention of allowing Congress to second-guess him, and indeed Bush has flat out declared that he will not bother informing Congress of intelligence operations from this point forward as is required by law.

Yes, we have been attacked, but it's not really known by whom. Even the FBI admits the IDs on which they based their accusations were faked using the stolen identities of middle eastern Arabs, some of whom have since turned up alive. From this it should be obvious that we cannot really know who was on those planes, only who we are supposed to blame.

But Jim Robinson isn't interested in these facts. He's spiked threads pointing out that the FBI admitted the IDs used by the hijackers were phony. Jim Robinson has spiked threads about how some of the accused hijackers have turned up alive. Jim Robinson has spiked many of the threads dealing with the Israeli spy scandal and the fact that the US has classified evidence linking some of the arrested Israeli spies with the events of 9/11. Jim Robinson has spiked threads suggestng that Bush has exceeed his constitutional authority. Jim Robinson will tolerate no doubts about the righteousness of Bush's war for oil.

But more than that, Jim Robinson displays an arrogant assumption that the presence of a war justifies anything. He argues that we should get behind the government because (he claims) there is a war. But translate that to Germany of 1939. Was it the right thing for the German people to unquestioningly back Hitler because there was a war on? Or would the German people (and the world) have been better served taking a pause and a closer look at just what the government was doing? And if Germany should have examined their government's claims a lot closer, then how can we not do the same now?

Free Republic has shown its true colors. Jim is "not interested" in facts, only in selling Bush's wars. Free Republic isn't about news any more, only about propaganda.

[Cultural Jihad]

Seems to me that Miss Antiwar and the Lewsers should follow the trailblazing path to obscurity and bitterness which AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum has provided them.

[GeronL]

his bumpiness.

[John Deere]

> i send them a little hatemail, from a hotmail account just for the hell of it.

Excellent. Now they probably have your IP address ;)

[Ymani Cricket]

ROFL

That's hilarious!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Just goes to show you how effective Free Republic really is!
I may not approve of all the administration does or does not do
BUT I sure do approve of the way President Bush has been handling the war!
I've voiced my opinion numerous times since 9/11 on what I see as mistakes,
BUT you will never see me critize the war effort.
As far as Jim Robinson, here is a man who practiceswhat he preaches.
Any man that will FReep in the freezing cold and rain to support the war effort IS a true American hero.
God Bless America and God Bless Free Republic

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

GOD BLESS GEORGE W BUSH AND JIM ROBINSON

And the great United States of America!

[Texas_Jarhead]

ROTFLAO!

[Republican_Strategist]

Michael Rivero,

First of all I’d like to be blunt with you and say: screw you and your trashy web site. I love how you blatantly distort facts by having a page on America’s enemy and using pictures released by the Taliban of children that appear to be just fine wrapped in bandages. You would make a great propaganda minister.

Secondly, America is going to war because the people want justice. This attack claimed more lives than Pearl Harbor and was the worst attack on American soil. Not to mention our mainland hasn’t been attacked since the War of 1812. We don’t you BS like its all for oil.

Thirdly, this message board is for conservative news and issues not a spring board for leftists and pacifists. You should start your own forum and leave this one alone. I hope the founder continues to remove you from this forum. Its like Hillary Clinton wanting to speak at the Republican National Convention and accusing them of censorship for not letting her speak.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

That's right, we're in Jim's house now. Anybody who doesn't like the rules should hit the road and go someplace where the rules are more to their liking or start their own website.

[pubmom]

And I thought it was all about those blankets....

[SmartBlonde]

Thank you, sir. I see a lot of envy here: ours is bigger and better than theirs. How do you get attention? Pick a fight with the big guy and call him a bully.

Well, it's JimRob's site and he's done a magnificent job so far. He's not nailing our shoes to the floor and forcing us to stay.

[claptrap]

There is no "free exchange of ideas " with those of the liberal persuasion, one must either submit and follow their twisted logic or be branded a hateful homophobic bigot! Liberals are just diplomatic communists. I would support a war for oil and practically any other comodity you care to name.Remember war is better than submission and the best enemy is a dead enemy!

[GeronL]

Oops!

Now you reminded me that I need to get to sleep.

night!

Hey JimRob... edit your site like ya want! forget the critics

[Buckeroo]

Your post#55 certainly diminushes objective critique. It is called is called assumption.

[LUVYA DUBYA 2000]

I am proud to say I love our President. I love Free Republic. I love what Jim and John have done for all of us and the nut that wrote this can take a flying leap off Bill Clintons pile of Lies! May Free Republic continue to expose the truth about these vile, corrupt, (*^%$Y#@$%&(()_)!
NUFF SAID!

[my trusty sig]

Ditto for me... and for good measure, screw Justin Raimondo too!

[Buckeroo]

What, even.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This is probably just a tactic for Rivero to get hits on his website. I'm not biting. He has nothing to offer me. I don't understand the Freepers that hit Salon and DU, then come back here and gripe about what they saw there. The people that run these liberal websites are cracked and visiting them is a worthless experience. I'm not going to do them the favor of putting hits on their websites.

[Humidston]

Tell me, is Michael the person who sent that hate letter to JR the other day?????

How about you guys start your own forum and GET LOST if you don't like it here. Just don't make it "messy," ok? How we hate cleaning up messes....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

PING!