““As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty.”
There is clearly a large, loud and persistent number of people here that are in opposition to much of that.
Which is why this thread is at 14k and counting. There are some dynamics operating that are worth looking at. One is that with the new anti-freeper website WideAwake up, they now have a place to go and many of them feel like they gain more credibility over there if they get zotted over here. It’s an attempt to push us to the limit so they can show how unreasonable we supposedly are. Another is that a lot of people signed up in 2000 during the presidential race and it was because FR was the best spot on the web to discuss republican politics at the time. Some never realized that this was a socon site. I’ve pointed it out many times prior to this thread and got “huh?” or “It SHOULD say such & such” or “screw you/bye bye” or “I don’t have to explain myself to you” or even that socons are for big guvmint because outlawing a private choice of abortion is an intrusion into citizens lives and all kinds of other responses. Rudybots like to say he’s so strong on WOT but once you point out a few surrounding inconsistencies with rudy on WOT, they don’t back down because the real reason isn’t WOT, it’s that they AGREE with rudy on social issues and they know that if they admit that, they’ve lost their leverage in the debate. It’s another reason why there are so many crickets on tootyfruityrudy threads.