Both sides have gone a bit overboard at times.
But it's about Rudy,isn't it?
And Rudy can shout all he wants about conservative values, but I'm not buying it. And neither are many other Freepers,including the founder of FreeRepublic.
But do they try and get them banned?
And more importantly, why have the Mods seen fit to actually suspend or ban many Rudy supporters? They clearly have legitimate reasons.
And many anti-Rudy folks have been accused of being Mods! How paranoid is that?
At times, yes. For the most part though, one side knows it can do so with almost complete impunity while the other must tread very lightly, and that no matter how valuable you are and have been to the forum, one little slip of the pc rules and you are gone. A little moral relativism it would seem.
But it's about Rudy,isn't it?
And Rudy can shout all he wants about conservative values, but I'm not buying it. And neither are many other Freepers,including the founder of FreeRepublic.
It would seem so to read the comments of the social right here, but with me it has not been about him at all. The issue is simply why the most important election of our times is going to be held hostage for a candidate who meets the approval of the social right, a relatively small part of the Republican Party.
Yeah, they do. Its called the "ideological purity test."
Is that conservative? Or does it smack of fascism?
99% of the below-the-belt vitriol in these threads has been directed by a self-appointed "goon squad" at anyone expressing support for Giuliani in any way shape or form. I could go on and list them, but check the threads, the same 4-5 names pop up and they know who they are.
They have been let loose like rabid dogs (ie the rules of FRetiquette that apply to everyone else magically disappear when they start their baying), and now it seems, people who dare to oppose them are getting banned.
Pathetic.
Its pretty clear why the FR visit stats are in a free-fall. Some folks around here want to stifle all free debate. Or perhaps JimRob is turning this into a one-issue site (didn't MiaT's banishment have to do something with the abortion issue?)
One-issue politics, yeah that's the way to win elections....NOT.
I don't think that there are many pro-aborts around here, and I don't think MiaT was one of them, but apparently it is now verbotten to make the logical argument that doing anything that lets the 'Rat candidate win will result in more abortions than if we support whoever the GOP nominates.
Well, the "goon squad" can enjoy their little day in the sun, oblivious to the fact that these types of debates on FR will have ZERO effect on either the primaries or the general election.
We are well on the way to self-marginalization (or is it self-immolation?) and frankly I am pretty disgusted by it.
So I am taking a little self-imposed break from posting around here. I am quite saddened at the sight of FR eating its own ever since last November (because some folks refuse to learn the lesson of that election and are hell-bent on multiplying it in 2008).
It really is pathetic. Politics can go to hell. I have better things to do with my spare time.