Yeltsin--Father of Democracy?

The Nation ^ | Apr 27, 2007 | Katrina vanden Heuvel

[Grzegorz 246]

Weired. Looks like soon there will be hardly any people left on this forum.

[tpaine]

I was emailed by third Freeper that A.Pole is banned. Supposed reason is "trolling". After few years of posting A.Pole was exposed to be troll?? This is simply ridiculous… I rarely agreed with him myself, ~~~ but still I see no reason to ban him.

Well reasoned bump.

[kronos77]

Are you back?

[kronos77]

Why in Gods name was A.Pole banned?!
Spaming!? Cmon!

[Psycho_Bunny]

He should have been banned years ago. The “P” was a mispelling.

[Honorary Serb]

Yes, Lukasz, I agree that A. Pole’s posts represent high culture—even, at times, high literary culture.

And, in addition to Eastern Euorpean posts, A. Pole also provides excellent commentary on the Culture Wars, especially in Blue State areas where we social conservatives are being attacked the most.

Please bring him back.

[annalex]

I’ve been reading A. Pole’s posts since I’ve been a Freeper, and that is a long time. To confuse him with a left winger such as The Nation’s editor is absurd. Surely we can discuss the complex legacy of Yeltsin like adults, please? What was the need to ban him?

[xJones]

I've always found A.Pole to be thought provoking and quite intelligent. I may not agree with him half the time, but I always appreciate the merits of his arguments.

Without allowing different thoughtful points of view, this forum could become just an echo chamber with cheerleaders waving their pom-poms and telling us what to cheer for.

[kronos77]

Yes, please let A.Pole back to FR, he didnt deserved to be banned.

[FormerLib]

Banning A.Pole as a troll just doesn’t make any sense. He was always an interesting poster who pulled articles of interest, particularly about Eastern Europe, from a wide variety of sources.

[xJones]

He should have been banned years ago. The “P” was a mispelling.

And the "Bunny" in your name was tacked on; Psycho would be the correct version.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Weak

[xJones]

Yes, you are weak, and not even worth wasting another post on. You are contemptible.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Spare us, your histrionics.

[Diocletian]

Yeltsin’s two greatest sins were the ludicrous privatization scam that empowered the Gusinsky/Berezovsky Oligarchy and his ineffectual efforts against the Chechens. Mark down rolling over to the USA on Kosovo as number three.

[Diocletian]

Well, the current Polish conservative regime views the “shock therapy” in Poland as borderline criminal.

[xJones]

Is A.Pole going to stay in Cyberia? Why?

[eleni121]

Why are we banning an excellent conservative? A poster who brought a valued perspective on European matters...neither neo con nor leftiist. He understood that the old definitions of ideology no longer seem to work.

It makes no sense.

[tgambill]

I also disagree with the banning. He has good comments and reasonable. What was the reason for the ban?

[Calabrese2]

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