JimRob's Vanity Post on Vanity Posts, Duplicate Posts, Trash Posts, Commie Propaganda, etc., Vol V,

January 26, 2002 | Jim Robinson

[Admin Moderator]

Way too many vanity threads lately. And way too much trash being posted. Please try to stay on topic (politics). Also, please do a search on a significant word from the title of your article before posting. This will reduce the number of duplicates. And, along these same lines, please use the original titles on your article posts. Do NOT edit the titles. Do NOT use "My Title" titles. This will also help to reduce the number of duplicates.

And, whatever else you do, please DO NOT post from DEMOCRATS UNDERGROUND (or any other such trashy un-American socialist hangout). Free Republic was intended to be a socialist free zone. We've gone to a heck of a lot of trouble to make it that way. Why in the world would you think we would be interested in having their trash posted here?

And QUIT trashing each other. You know who you are. Knock it off! Way too many flamewars and feuds going on. And, while I'm thinking about it, QUIT trashing our conservative candidates. If you want to criticize someone's position on some policy, have at it. But do not trash or smear the man. That would include Browne, Buchanan, Bush, Keyes, et al, or whomever else may be your favorite trashee (examples listed in alphabetical sequence). The idea is to get more conservatives elected, not to trash the ones you don't like. If you want to trash someone, make it a Democrat. Thank you.

And QUIT dredging up old communist propaganda to smear our conservatives. Sheesh! Whatever else you may think about our guys, they did not hijack airliners full of people and crash them into buildings. No, my friends, not even the dreaded CIA. Anyone who would believe (or even suspect) that crap is no FReeper. I've been pulling this crap whenever I see it and several people have been banned for continuing to post it. I do not want it on Free Republic. Any current FR poster who believes this leftist propaganda, please logoff immediately, send me your resignation via email, and I will delete your account.

Thanks,

Jim

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[steveegg]

Is Chelsea a democrat?

Unknown.

Has she expressed her political views?

Yes. Those that she has expressed fall into the lieberal category.

Is she a legal adult

Yes.

If you answered yes to these question, then I think she is fair game.

2 definites, 1 unknown (well, considering the answer to the second, change that to probable). To which, I add one more overriding question; What is the basis of the attack? If it's her political views, fire at will; if it's her looks (as bad as they are and might be in any given picture), at least I think we're better than the lieberals on that score.

[Sloth]

Many people are not/can not access FR during the weekend, that is why we are keeping this in breaking news for a while.

Umm, are you seriously saying that the moderators don't have the ability to place a link to an existing thread in the sidebars -- you have to start a new thread? That's really odd.

[Neenah]

I agree with this poster! It seems like it was folly and free-for-all during the Clinton administration to trash everyone, especially the looks of Chelsea, and it continues.

It does not elevate us on a public forum, to downgrade the looks of the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton. I was disgusted by how we, who call ourselves patriots and some christians, used a thread to say we vomited looking at this girl

Sorry to say, I can't invite people I know to come read FR, when we act in this manner. JimRob runs a wonderful Grass Roots site, let's all honor him, and stick to what is important. Thanks for posting this, riley1992

[the]

It occurs to me that maybe we need a front-end-of-brain filter like what used to appear using TRN on the early days of usenet.

This program posts news articles to thousands of machines throughout the enter (sic) civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing.

Are you absolutely sure you want to do this? y/n

Might I propose:

This program posts news articles and comments that may be viewed by millions of machines throughout the entire civilized world. Maintaining FreeRepublic.com costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Please be sure that your post is worthwhile and that you know what you are doing.

Are you absolutely sure you want to do this? y/n

[onedoug]

Thanks too, JimRob, for giving so many of us, otherwise seemingly powerless,
a weapon for fighting the war on terrorism, and the enemies of freedom and our country.

[occam's chainsaw]

I am still fuzzy on what's OK and what's not OK. Jim Robinson asked "Please try to stay on topic (politics)." Yet, I see a lot of threads such as The Neverending Story (The New Christian Chronicles) posted without complaint on a regular basis and they most definitely are not about politics.

When I posted a thread about a popular brand of software which I felt may be biased concerning which websites it restricted, the thread was pulled. I feel that such an issue is relevant for discussion on this forum because it is an example of how the scourge of "political correctness" intrudes on our daily life. I wasn't trying to start a racist flamethrowing contest (which is why I am guessing it was pulled), I was trying to bring attention to what I feel is a legitimate problem that the liberals are constantly and quietly forcing upon us. Can you please clarify?

[G.Mason]

This post is a fairly good representation of just how far in the muck and mire Free Republic has sunk.

[Chapita]

And I get all of this crap multiple times from various 'hit lists'!

[markfiveFF]

Hey. I knew your dad. And he WAS, er, um, Jimmy Hoffa. (Although he goes by something else now.) He'll alway be a cornerstone in our building, um, organization.

[gcruse]

Sorry, Elsie, but pictures don't take up that much bandwidth. The images are not stored on FR's server. They load from the source.

[DinkyDau]

Can you explain that again?

[a_federalist]

"But if we did, could THESE be far behind?...
...how about a moratorium on the Muslim bashing posts.
...how about a moratorium on the Atheist bashing posts.
...how about a moratorium on the Communist bashing posts.
...how about a moratorium on the Democrat bashing posts.
...how about a moratorium on the Skinhead bashing posts.

Yes. As Jim Robinson said this is a conservative site. Democrats, commies, skinheads, and other totalitarian types are fair game.

[Jhoffa_]

My dad?

(Just look for the dsl cable around the base of the building..)

[Elsie]

Duh..... Why didn't I realise that? I can SEE the URL as I type it!

[Elsie]

as The Neverending Story (The New Christian Chronicles) posted without complaint on a regular basis and they most definitely are not about politics

I beg to differ. Even though it is a religious veneer, it is most DEFINITELY political!!!!!!

[Elsie]

as The Neverending Story (The New Christian Chronicles) posted without complaint on a regular basis and they most definitely are not about politics

I beg to differ. Even though it is a religious veneer, it is most DEFINITELY political!!!!!!

[occam's chainsaw]

Well, I guess I should have read more of the thread before I posted it, but I'm still fuzzy on what sort of posts are frowned upon in this forum. I am not trying to ruffle any feathers here. If someone will explain it to me, I'll be more than happy to comply.

[Elsie]

(I think it may have more to do with how we play together here in the sandbox, than the actual toys that we bring in.

If we are nice, and not snatch things out of others hands, and do not tear up everyone's sandcastles and be obnoxious and throw sand around and hit and scream, then just about anything seems to go.)

[occam's chainsaw]

< sarcasm >Where's the fun in that?< /sarcasm >

I'd still like to know why my WinProxy thread was deleted.
?????

[nicollo]

your #116

Good point.