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YOU SAID: (This site is a piece of crap. The Admins are completely selective concerning what is posted and who is banned.

(You're banned for a simple expression of disgust, without racism or anything, yet we can see posted people flipping the finger, as well as animals and other creatures while vile anti-Semitic remarks and hatred are spewed forth on an hourly basis.

Rip this and screw off, Admins.)

Isn't this a site which promotes our constitutional right to free speech, (Judging by the banner on the homepage which declares it defends our constitution. A cause I wouldn't mind writing a check for.). How can you get banned? Free speech is the freedom to express ones opinion openly and without fear of censorship or reprisal regardless of whether some find it offensive. In truth, there is always going to be someone who takes offense.

Are you saying they discriminate concerning what can be freely said on the basis of whether they approve of or offended are by it? That would be unamerican.

I can see what you mean about other people posting offensive things. I've seen quite a bit of that in the religion section, where it seems that they continually bash one another's religions. They're not getting banned, not should they be. Thats what free speech is.
If they do otherwise, that would make the administrators hypocrites and liars.

Welcome to FR. Some people are just fighters and tend to make themselves into battlegrounds. Some people just seem to be unable to express their opinion without attacking others, no matter what the topic is. Some people continually break the rules and cause problems. (Jim Rob is responsible for legalities about what is posted here, remember.) Some people come here to post things which are flagrant and posted specifically to flame others.

I would say that people are most often banned here because of their "flavor".

I have arguments with people here at times but the support and friendship is just unbeatable, especially for those of us living in blue states - we desperately need it! Without my local freeper friends I would be very lonely and probably go crazy.

I hope you will stick around and enjoy FR.