[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

George, discontinue the Paul PING list. This is the last time I will post on any Paul-related threads, and I will not comment on any other Paul-related news articles.

[billbears]

Interesting. It’s a blogger post and treated as news. And the blog is only a few days old too. Oh but because it’s negative about Ron Paul it’s apparently alright. Hey if I start a blog that says Fred smells can I post it as news too?

[traviskicks]

I understand Jim Robinson’s personal opinion, and I respect it; it is more than obvious he doesn’t support Ron Paul. :)

But I have a hard time believing he would mandate banning Ron Paul supporters, pulling all threads with news/opinion about Ron Paul, and discontinuing Ron Paul pinglists.

There is a fair amount of support for Paul here on FR, he was the third highest vote getter amongst the GOP pres candidates among FR members, second amongst the lurkers/general public. I have a libertarian ping list of 200+ freepers, many of them support Ron Paul. I’d even bet a majority of freepers have some level of respect for Ron Paul and his positions (Abolish the IRS, US out of UN etc..), even if they do not support Ron Paul; and I’d bet an even smaller minority support the above draconian measures.

I mean, let’s face it, despite the heated debates, or maybe even because of them, these RP threads are a lot of fun; they have the most replies and views of pretty much any subject on FreeRepublic, it seems. Plus the creative graphics... :)

Bottom line is I think these sorts of measures would hurt FreeRepublic and would be very dissapointing to those of us that have been here for years, contributing financially, and really support what Freerepublic does.

It is my sincere hope the above measures don’t come to pass.