Thanks. It was part of my reverse Opus on the Bugzapper thread.
What do you think of an idealogical litmus matrix?
I can see the desire for something like that, but have qualms. Jim has been very upfront about FR and its stance. And I'm on board all the way. But I question what this place would be like should everyone be in lock step.
There are times I get mad, frustrated and angry over some ridiculous post. But I also see (when I have more clarity) that such things are part of the spice of FR. And if I didn't have that thrown in I'd miss it. And I believe it's this realization that gives me qualms about such a thing.
Do we really want to begin 'categorizing' everybody? To me, the name FREE Republic itself has to be kept in mind when dealing with each other. We're here because we're free. We're here because we have the freedom of our expression. Here, as everywhere else, I do not want to see any of that freedom withheld or removed.
I like things as they are. We can all recognize the RINOs and CINOs, or at least should be able to. And learning to deal with them, I think, makes us bigger, better and stronger. Yet if one of them gets out-of-bounds, we always have Jim and the AdMods to step in and set them straight. Which brings up another thing that's fun to watch.