Posted on 11/06/2008 6:27:52 AM PST by VaBthang4
I have been reading some of the crap on this board after the election and some of it is shocking.
I've seen plenty of vanities...but to me vanities aren’t the problem....the messages contained in many of them reflect a mindset that IMHO has no place here.
I've always thought of FR as a place where Conservatives (not Republicans) dominate and idiots kind of hang around the periphery sniping with their stupid notions. But (more and more) you read some of the dumbest crap here...and then see a coterie of nitwits chiming in with their agreement. Allot of it is the type of stuff borne out of mindsets (everything but the truth) that dominate on liberals sites.
IMHO, Jim should boot a grip of these dummies like he has before. They run off and start their own anti-FR websites (that eventually die on the vine). But they do not belong here anymore.
We're not about opposition for the sake of opposition. We (Conservatives) have principles. But you can’t violate your principles while trying to promote them at the same time. Lying, half-truths, vague implications, charges without a shred of evidence, paranoia, etc, etc. That is not how we get down. Or at least shouldnt be.
Some of you all need to check yourselves. And if you don’t, I hope for the good of this website, Jim does.
Who do you specifically have in mind?
That is up to Mr. Robinson. Not you
A purge? Reeducation? Beatings and torture?
I bet you will volunteer to write the litmus test won’t ya?
What non-conservative expression are you responding to?
“you read some of the dumbest crap here..”
This thread as an example.
Everyone out of his sand box, your not playing the game to his rules.
That was a quick execution.
This account has been banned or suspended.
Looks like Jim took his advice. The irony is delicious.
We used to tolerate minor differences of opinion with the knowledge that on the vast majority of issues, we still agreed. The threads here used to be a vast resource for learning, but of late they have become shouting matches with little or no intellectual exchange. I rarely read the threads anymore. It seems tragic to me that we want to run off everyone who doesn't meet our own narrow definition of 'conservative,' so that we can maintain our purity of thought.
That is Jim Robinson's call, not yours, and certainly not mine.
Um . . . the flag is still flying on the poster’s homepage. I think HE’s the one who stated that his account “has been banned or suspended”. It’s a joke.
Your account is now banned or suspended. Maybe it was because of a stupid post?
Not zotted. Click on activity or any other link on profile page
The many ‘Me Too’s’ have detracted from the significance of this site. I will read the first twenty or so responses and then it is on to the next topic unless there are some insightful posts... If I see many responses on a hot topic, I will go to the last page and see if it has anything worth backing up on, usually not...
I also skip to the next topic if I see UTUBE or DIGG in the topic thread.
He's not suspended. He wrote that on his own home page himself.
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