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First, let me preface my reponse by saying that this is a difficult topic to converse online regarding as most people have very strong feelings on the topic and a poster's intent does not always translate well in written word.

Jeff is not spamming....

I NEVER said he was! bdeaner decided to bring you and Jeff in after my comment that bdeaner was spamming threads all day Sunday. I guess he needed support to attack me for my comments to him, as there seems to be an assumption that my initial post was meant to be derogatory, but that is far from the truth. Feel free to look at my posts and you'll see, out of all of bdeaner's photo posts, ONCE (on Monday) I asked him to at least broadcast a disclaimer when he posted the pic. Most of bdeaner's photos from Sunday were removed by the mods so I can't be the only poster who felt a disclaimer would have been couteous.

He's being 'fair and balanced' because the media won't!

I have no problem with "fair and balanced." The thread where I posted my request was one where FR was mentioned in the title and the meat of the article were FReeper posts from Sunday which the left is using to impune all FReepers as if we are the cause of his death. As I said in my initial post, IMO the photo on that specific thread was providing ammunition for further negative articles on pro-abortion sites. My intent was in support of this site and its members.

Regarding my 10-year old: If I wasn't monitoring her online activities I wouldn't have seen bdeaner's photos on all of the threads Sunday. Based on her interest and the multitude of threads related to Tiller's death I was using it as an educational opportunity. Some things in life are better learned in stages. This is a tough topic for a 10-year old who truly has no idea about boys other than 'they're icky.' I believe FreeRepublic would benefit from a conservative kid's forum where children can post and become educated in the wide range of conservative politics.

A conservative kid's forum for Free Republic is a good idea. I support you in that initiative.

Otherwise, my initial posts with the picture on Sunday -- there were 7 total -- I believe 2 were removed by mods. You and one other person that I know of complained. I received a half dozen other replies thanking me for posting that photo. So, with three times as many people patting me on the back, I felt somewhat emboldened to respond back to you regarding your complaint. Otherwise I probably would have shrunk away, as I did initially when I heard from the moderator about the first complaint.

As I have stated, I feel strongly that the pictures are appropriate and in the context of the response we were getting from the left, and also from folks like Sullivan, it was important to send a strong message in reply. So, I sent the pic one more time on Monday. I feel it is appropriate. Let Sullivan, or anyone, try to quote me with the statement "Murder is evil" beside a picture of that poor little bloodied thing. I dare them to print it. It will never happen, because that picture tells a million words, and it is a message the pro-abortionists do not want the public to see or hear.