"Im Back....and still sniveling"!
Posted on 05/16/2009 7:03:22 PM PDT by trying17 (AKA DrGop0821)
Even Sean Hannity has written off Free Republic, saying "Everyone I knew basically left because of so much childish immature personal attacks, the propensity there to eat their own." [Listen to Sean Hannity’s Statement about Free Republic. ]
I was suspended from "conservative" site Free Republic for having an opinion. It's amazing that a so called site dedicated to "Free" would ban someone for having an opinion.
I encourage anyone to feel free to post my material on Free Republic or elsewhere as I will no longer be posting on that site. (If anyone knows of other open forums similar to Free Republic please let me know.)
There are many amazing people over there who support true conservatism and value the opinion of others in the name of advancing our cause.
However the site is too often dominated by a select few radical Right Wing nutjob bullies who are completely intolerant and hypocritical. They are no better than the Liberals they speak out against. Many simply nitpick and chastise others just to make themselves feel better.
The hypocrisy is astounding and intolerable at times.
My account was "Zotted" according to their lingo for being a "troll".
Many "FReepers" complained that I was "pimping my blog".
However, from their own "rules":
For all of you who have blogs or personal web sites that you would like to discuss or promote on Free Republic, here's the place to do it.
Our Bloggers & Personal forum is for:
Posting from your blog.
Posting from other peoples blogs.
Posting from your personal web site.
Posting from other peoples personal web sites.
Promoting your blog.
Promoting other peoples blogs.
Promoting your personal web site.
Promoting your favorite web sites.
Posting from your favorite outside forums.
Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!
Zot - verb, to get kicked off FR in an undignified manner That's what most people think "Zot" means, but it's not correct.
The history of "Zot".
There are one or two individuals who, for whatever reason, enjoy signing up new accounts here every single day to post leftist drivel. Sometimes they are vanities from DemocraticUnderground. Sometimes they are articles from other far-left sources. Sometimes they are nothing but vile doctored images or profanity laced tirades. Sometimes they are from legitimate sources but happen to strike the eye of the poster as being something that would infuriate conservatives.
The posters in question always post the articles, and then don't reply. They then post other articles, again not replying. This was going on for months. Jim would confirm by looking at the IP addresses and other aspects of the user's 'footprint' that it was the returning troll, and we would nuke the accounts. This went on for months.
Then some of the opportunists who wanted to harm the forum started a whispering campaign, complaining about articles being deleted. They would play off of the fact that the trolls' articles were being pulled to complain that there was some sort of agenda of squelching legitimate conservative postings going on by the moderators.
One day I decided to try something new. I decided, instead of letting the trolls get what they want and have their posts up as flame bait, and instead of pulling the threads outright, I would move their post aside and replace it with something that hopefully others would find humorous. I would do this out in the forum for all to see. The original piece would be available through the history link for the curious, who could see if there was some sort of censorship campaign going on. And the freepers could have fun mocking the troll if they so liked.
It so happens that the way I did it the first time was using a screen shot from Caddyshack, where the pastor gets hit by a lightning bolt. Being a bit of a fan of the comic strip "B.C." I captioned the photo with the lightning bolt sound that Johnny Hart used in his strip- ZOT! That is where the term Zot originated.
Now, sometimes we "zot", and sometimes we simply pull it. It depends on a number of factors, including how busy we are at the time. But whenever you see a Zot, you can be sure that the user was a 'newbie' who was doing their hit-and-run posting, and that if you as a well-established freeper thought the article would have made an interesting discussion, then you could probably post the same piece yourself without incident (although the most vile of the stuff probably would get pulled, and Jim reserves the right to remove anyone who he feels is constantly trying to push leftist propaganda on the forum). Anyway, that is the history and background behind zotting.
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I will continue to do my part to advance Conservative ideas and bring down the radical Left.
Free Republic sucks!
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Not So 'Free Republic'’—The Shot Heard Around the Net
51: Reality does not exist, it is merely a construct cooked up by Moderators to see who figures it out.
52: Those who figure out 51 get culled.
53: And used as Soylent Fuel.
54: To power the somnambulizer.
Wow! And I've been b4 and only b4 all this time. I guess I am boring.
I heard Hannity say he owns guns.
I can only imagine he’s posting from his basement
in his underwear. Oh, my! :)
You’re a joke! LOL! Sayonnara.
"Im Back....and still sniveling"!
It's amazing how many idiots throw the word fascist and other epithets around in reaction to a private citizen exercising his property rights on the website he owns. JimRob doesn't have to give you a platform for your childish rants any more than you have to let him come into your house and raid your fridge.
There are many amazing people over there who support true conservatism
True conservatives do not spend their time trying to carve conservative constituencies out of the party. You are. In our world, conservatism is defined by deeds and ideals, specifically the ideals of men like the Founding fathers and Ronald Reagan. In your world, devotion to a pathetic, politically unaccomplished, Nazi-tolerating, truther-encouraging, earmark-submitting blame-America blowhard who's been playing the Washington game for 30 years is the litmus test. Yeah, we really should be ashamed.
Related: Free Republic Purge: Conservative Web Site Bans Giuliani Supporters
Tell us, O Great Fount of Wisdom, should we be kissing the feet of Ron Paul, or Rudy's pumps? We so desperately need your guidance.
Seriously, cram it in whatever orifice your species traditionally crams things in.
“Blog pimp, trying17 aka DrGop0821, lmor1971, kmtinnj, misterconservative, et al, zotted. And his little dog too.”
~J.R.
Self important putz thinks EVERYONE must pay attention to his opinion. Sheesh.
It comes from the real meaning of the term ‘Indian giver’.
If an Indian was in a position to give a gift, that gift was something of real value to him that he had to give up.
If the Indian gave this gift, and it was abused, then it could be taken back.
So it is with F.R.
If you ‘abuse’ the free ‘gift’, it is taken away from you.
“… We had no business being in that war …”Tell me, if America had not joined the Allies and fought against Hitler and his associates, who would have stopped the Axis?
Oh yah, I forgot ta mention tha toques, eh?
“Underwear”?
[raisey-eyebrow]
Well said Fichori.
You’re right. *Despite* Guilani’s support for partial birth abortion.
Ron Paul's fault is that he is not a conservative. Yes, I felt better that he dropped out of the race, but don't even try to imply that his dropping out was the reason Obama won.
I don't think the government has any place regulating morality, or inside the bedroom, but I do believe murder is murder and abortion is murder. If there is any single issue I will vote on, that is it.
I give you a lot of credit for this, FRiend.
Listen, I'm a conservative, and I just disagree with him. It's nothing personal. I understand where you're coming from, as a firm supporter of his.
I'm glad to see we have common ground regarding Palin. :-)
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